Turtle nesting season starts along SC beaches VIDEO: Turtle nesting season starts along SC beaches By Lillian Donahue | May 2, 2021 at 5:21 PM EDT - Updated May 2 at 8:02 PM FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - Starting this weekend through October is a critical season for endangered Loggerhead turtles that call South Carolina’s coastline home. For the next six months, the turtles will be making their way back to the beach to create nests. Volunteers with South Carolina’s Department of Natural resources have already started making their rounds looking for potential nests to flag. “The passion is the protection,” Folly Beach lead coordinator Teresa Marshall said. “They’re lovely, wonderful creatures and we just want to do our best to take care of them.”