Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest Program for 2025 Is Closed 

We are incredibly grateful to the many individuals and businesses who adopted a sea turtle nest this season! All nests were adopted, and because of our generous supporters, over $27,000 was raised for projects and programs that will enhance and protect the Cape Hatteras National Seashore!

Stay tuned, in late fall, after all nests have hatched, and our National Park Service rangers have all information and statistics available for the public, our 2025 Sea Turtle Scoop (an exciting summary of all the nest and sea turtle statistics park rangers gathered during the 2025 nesting season!) will be shared here on this page and with our online community. See below for the 2024 Sea Turtle Scoop as an example.

If you have any questions about this program, please get in touch with Nicole Erickson, our Development & Adoption Programs Manager at: NicoleErickson@obxforever.org. If you’d like to be notified when our 2026 Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program opens, join our email list here: https://obxforever.org/contact-us/

Here’s How Our Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest Program Works: 

Donate! Give a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more to reserve a sea turtle nest. 

Get your nest! As nests become available for adoption, you will be assigned a nest and will receive an adoption certificate by mail or email (if you choose our digital option) with initial information about your nest. You may also choose to adopt a nest in honor of or in memory of a loved one. You and your honoree will receive an adoption certificate and updates about your adopted nest as information becomes available throughout the nesting season. *Nests are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Wait patiently for your nest to hatch! When your nest hatches later in the summer or fall (average incubation time for our nests is 61 days), you will receive a personalized update in the mail with information National Park Service rangers collect about your nest, including the number of hatchlings that made their way out to sea.