Currents

Jan 29

Harbor View

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Sullivan's Island, SC Arrival Date: 1/19/20 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.98 lbs (2.72 kg) Case History Shawn Leighton found Harbor View at the Station 17 path on Sullivan’s Island. He noticed some lacerations to Harbor’s carapace (top shell) and called the South…
Jan 29

Walnut

Species Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Edisto Beach, SC Arrival Date: 1/18/2020 Age: Juvenile Weight: 18.81 (8.55kg) Case History Walnut was found by Susan Porth, with the Edisto Town Beach Turtle Project, and a group of pedestrians on Edisto Beach. Walnut was first seen on Monday, the…
Jan 06

Kiara

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Charleston Harbor Shipping Channel, SC Arrival Date: 12/29/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 2.77 kgs (6.1 pounds) Case History This juvenile green sea turtle was discovered after going through a hopper dredge that was operating in the Charleston Harbor Shipping Channel. When the observer…
Nov 19

Ma

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Coffin Point Beach, Beaufort, SC Arrival Date: 11/13/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 5.9 pounds Case History Ma was found washed up on the beach by a passerby on the first day of South Carolina's annual cold snap. Winds were high as the…
Nov 19

Michael Myers

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Stranding Location: Garden City, SC Arrival Date: 10/31/19 Age: Juvenile Weight: 4.73 pounds Case History On October 31, 2019, Michael Myers was found on Halloween morning stranded on the shore near Garden City Pier. He was found by a beachgoer named Candy Colonna,…
Sep 19

Nobi

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Arrival Date: 8/20/2019 Age: Sub-adult Weight: 40.3 lbs Case History Nobi was found by a fisherman named Joseph Elliot in Cherry Grove, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Nobi was swimming in circles in the water, seemingly…
Sep 17

The 2019 Local Release Season

You may have noticed we had fewer public releases in 2019 than in prior years. Because public sea turtle releases are much anticipated and celebrated in Charleston, we wanted to be sure to shed some light on why. How Do We Determine Public or Quiet? There are many moving…
Aug 31

Ed

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Cherry Grove Pier, Myrtle Beach, SC Arrival Date: 8/13/2019 Age: Juvenile Weight: 10.5 lbs Case History Ed was hooked by a fisherman on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. A group of women on the pier assisted in getting Ed to the beach. They saw that Ed had braided…
Aug 16

Shenzi

Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Stranding Location: Kiawah Island, SC Arrival Date: 8/6/2019 Age: Juvenile Weight: 9.5 lbs Case History Shenzi was hooked by a surf fisherman early in the afternoon on Tuesday, August 8, 2019. Cindy Lockhart, a South Carolina Department of Natural Resources permit holder responded to…
Jul 09

Sea Turtle Releases: Behind the Scenes

Summer is upon us! The weather is humid, the waters are warm and the sun is blazing hot. It's the season of long afternoons at the beach, swimming in the ocean waves, rosé all day and of course, local sea turtle releases! There are many moving parts that go…
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