2016 Sea Turtle Nesting Season Results

North Myrtle Beach

Nests: 8
  In Situ: 3
  Relocated: 5 (62.5%)
  Inventoried: 8 (100%)
False Crawls: 10

Estimated Eggs to Date: 915
  Eggs Lost: 8 (0.8%)
  Hatched Eggs: 804
  Emerged Hatchlings: 699
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 50.2 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 115.4 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 88.3%
Mean Emergence Success: 74.8%
Nest Success: 87.5%
Beach Success: 44.4%

Egg Status
Egg Losses

Species	Nests	False Crawls
Loggerhead	8	10

Plus two nests relocated from the Northern End of Myrtle Beach

Nests: 2
   Relocated: 2
  Inventoried: 2 (100%)
False Crawls: 1

Estimated Eggs to Date: 217
  Eggs Lost: 2  (.01)

  Hatched Eggs: 203
  Emerged Hatchlings: 203
  Mean Incubation Duration (all): 52 days
  Mean Clutch Count: 118.5 eggs (Relocated Only)

Mean Hatch Success: 93.5%
Mean Emergence Success: 93.5%
Nest Success: 100%

Briarcliffe

Nests: 6   In Situ: 3   Relocated: 3 (50%)   Inventoried: 6 (100%) False Crawls: 2 Estimated Eggs to Date: 678   Eggs Lost: 9 (1.3%)   Hatched Eggs: 617   Emerged Hatchlings: 606   Mean Incubation Duration (all): 50.8 days   Mean Clutch Count: 121.6 eggs (Relocated Only) Mean Hatch Success: 90.6% Mean Emergence Success: 89% Nest Success: 100% Beach Success: 75%
Egg Status	Egg Losses
Species Nests False Crawls Loggerhead 6 2 SOURCE:  Seaturtle.org