Sea Turtle Nesting Season
Learn fascinating facts about sea turtles along the Gulf Coast, as well as how you can help protect them.
With our warm weather and sunny skies all year, Florida seems like endless summer. But we do have seasons! In fact, summer and fall represent one of Florida’s most important times of year: sea turtle nesting season. Along our Gulf shoreline in St. Pete-Clearwater and around the state, mother sea turtles lumber up our beaches by night and laboriously lay their cache of eggs in the summer months. Somewhere between 45 and 70 days later, the tiny sea turtle hatchlings scurry to the sea in a journey that is only the very beginning of their survival story.
How to Be a Responsible Beachgoer
Everyday life is all about "have-to's," while vacation is all about "want to's." That's why we're sharing these fun beach responsibility videos with you... we're hoping you'll "want to" help out our local marine life (think of those adorable dolphins, manatees and sea turtles) and help keep the beach a beautiful place we all can enjoy.