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Apr 29, 2021 3:49 PM Daytona Beach, FL - Over the next few months hundreds of sea turtles will be emerging from the surf to lay eggs on the beach as nesting season begins this weekend. And while the season doesn’t officially begin until Saturday (May 1), Ryan Chabot, Volusia County’s sea turtle Habitat Conservation Plan program manager, told News Daytona Beach that there’s already one leatherback turtle nest laid so far. "It’s in the kind of in the North Daytona Beach/South Ormond area," said Chabot. "They’re definitely here and they should start arriving as we make our way int...

Turtle nesting season officially starts May 1, which means hundreds of sea turtles will be emerging from the surf to lay eggs on the beach in the next few months. Although leatherback and loggerhead sea turtle nesting has already begun on other beaches in southern and central Florida, Volusia County managed beaches have yet to receive their first nest. With water temperatures warming up quickly, nesting females should arrive soon. After incubating in the sand for about two months, tiny hatchlings will break free and make an often-treacherous crawl to the ocean, dodging predators, holes, trash...