The wind finally died down last night and it was quite a bit warmer. On my first run south along the beach I noticed a bunch of police and coast guard boats offshore. A helicopter showed up after a while and searched the area near Lost Tree Village for most of the night. I found out this morning that someone had reported seeing three flares offshore and they were looking for a stranded vessel.
I did come across a turtle crawling out of the surf at about 10:30pm near the Seminole Golf Course. It was another new turtle! A few of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center volunteers (Thomas, Joe, Veterinarian Nancy Mettee and Greg) watched as I tagged and measured her. She had quite a few barnacles on her and she was really spotty. As Kelly would say, "she had lots of pretty white spots"! Nancy decided to name her "Dita"
No other turtles spotted between the two inlets.
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