Panama City Beach Turtle Watch

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Turtle Watch protects threatened loggerhead sea turtle nests on Panama City Beach, Florida. We are a (2) When will the nests hatch? (3) What is a nest excavation?

Answers to common questions about our posts are provided here:

(1) How do I find the location of nests mentioned in your posts? We don't share current nest locations to protect the eggs from harm. Check the History link on our web site for locations of past nests. The average incubation is about 63 days for loggerhead nests on our beach. We excavate a nest 3-4 days after it hatches to determine its success. We count hatched eggshells, unhatched eggs, and release any live hatchlings that didn't leave with the main group. Excavations are required by our state permit and generally take 30-45 minutes. Excavations are your best opportunity to see live hatchlings. You are welcome to attend. Dates will be posted when nests hatch.

10/24/2026

Final call for any online orders for 2026!

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You all loved the long sleeve performance shirts and they are now SOLD OUT. We won't be restocking those this year, check back next year.

All other styles and sizes remain available. Place your order now as we'll soon be shutting down the online order as we wrap up our season.

All orders placed and paid for before October 23rd have been shipped. Enjoy them!

We appreciate the support and hope you enjoy the items you receive.

P.S. We still have 1 nest incubating on the beach and hold out hope that we'll have some hatchlings emerge despite washover from Hurricane Isaias. Stay tuned!

10/18/2026

We had a great start to our limited time online ordering. We only have XXL long sleeve shirts remaining. We have remaining stock of all other items and sizes if you are interested.

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Orders paid for as of early yesterday morning already shipped and some local orders have already been delivered. We appreciate the support and hope you enjoy the items you receive.

10/16/2026

Many of you have asked for it, and it's time!

We are nearing the end of our 2026 season and we have remaining stock of our Panama City Beach Turtle Watch merchandise that we generally sell at our local nest excavations.

We have started our online merchandise sale for a limited time. We'll fulfill the orders with the stock we have available. Orders must be paid for (via the Square invoice) within 3 days and will be shipped within a week of payment.

New this year, we added a small supply of long sleeve performance t-shirt (rash guard/UV shirt) and restocked our hats and all sizes of t-shirts and tanks.

Please visit the order form to submit your request. We'll check availability of the items you request and send you an invoice with the shipping amount. If you are local and want to save the shipping cost, indicate that in the comments and we'll make arrangements.

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If you have any questions about the items, please reach out to us via a Facebook direct message.

10/15/2026

Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in the panhandle area that endured any impacts from Hurricane Isaias. We know the sea turtle season came to an abrupt end for many of our neighboring beaches due to the impacts of the hurricane.

Our final incubating nest (a green nest in the dunes) remained marked off despite the surge from Hurricane Isaias. We were able to give it a fresh round of survey and caution tape following the storm allowing it to stay protected until it hatches or has reached the 80 day mark in the event that it is no longer viable.

We are holding out hope that we will have some hatch activity from the nest despite the waves washing over it well into the dunes.

Stay tuned later this month for our final season recap!

10/08/2026

Join us for the excavation of Nest 40, a green nest in Carillon, that hatched 3 days ago.

10/05/2026

2026 excavation of nest 39, a loggerhead nest located across from Old Beach Bar.

Date laid August 3rd
Date hatched October 2nd

09/17/2026

PCB Turtle Watch looks forward to being at the ground breaking celebration of the new Florida Panhandle Marine Institute location on October 17th. Come join us if you are in the area!

You've had a few glances, and seen some sneak peeks. Now, it’s almost time for you to come see it yourself! One month from today, the Florida Panhandle Marine Institute (FPMI) will be hosting a groundbreaking celebration on our new site! Everyone is invited to attend this free event, and we’d love to have you!

On Saturday, October 17th from 1:00 to 4:00pm, come join us in starting our new chapter! There will be informational booths about FPMI, including our future plans for the new rehabilitation site, and FPMI merchandise for sale. But, that’s not all!

We’ll have food trucks, educational booths (ours) and many of our local conservation and community partners with their own educational booths! Activities and games for family and kids, and a silent auction with proceeds benefiting the FPMI rehabilitation rebuild. The official groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 2 pm, with the fun and festivities continuing afterwards.

As we approach the event date, we will share more information about each vendor and community partner, so be on the lookout for those posts!

New location, same mission! We hope to see you there!

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Panama City Beach, FL
32408

Website

https://turtlewatch.org/

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