Turtle nesting has begun.

Early nesters are usually the leatherbacks with the more numerous loggerheads arriving in significant numbers in May.

Latest Numbers –May 11,2014

The female sea turtle crawls ashore at night to dig a nest, deposit her eggs, cover the nest and return to the water. It takes between one to three hours for the female turtle to lay her approximately 110 ping pong ball-sized eggs.

If you are lucky, you can witness their nesting at night or see their tracks in the early hours of the morning.

Sunrise— May 10, 2014, Juno Beach