Skip to main content

Sebastian Inlet sea turtle nest numbers as of July 21, 2025

Two baby sea turtles on the sand.

The 2025 sea turtle nesting  update at Sebastian Inlet has begun.  The counts include beaches to the north and south of the inlet (Zones A-F), and as of today, survey teams have identified:

Loggerhead - 545

Greens - 256

Leatherback - 7

Kemps – 1

Total – 677

nlet District works in tandem with park officials and employs biologists to conduct daily surveys on the beaches just South of Sebastian Inlet – along a one-half mile stretch starting near McLarty Treasure Museum and continuing South to Ambersand beach access in Indian River County.  District monitoring efforts began on March 1 and will continue through the end of the nesting season in October.

Updated on July 21, 2025