Waves in excess of 8 feet — with much taller faces — were  breaking along the beaches beginning Thursday.   They waves were epic on Friday and Saturday in the Jupiter area.

(Juno Pier, August 28, 2011)

 

Hurricane Irene stirred up trouble for the nesting sea turtles.  Biologists at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach said about 700 area sea turtle nests were washed out by Hurricane Irene.  Beachgoers brought the  hatchlings to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center as early as Thursday afternoon. The count was up to 300 around noon on Thursday. The sea turtle nests were disturbed by crashing waves, rising tides and an eroding beach. Turtle eggs littered the shoreline.