Saturday, November 14, 2026
According to Marco Island City Code, all buildings located on the beach must turn off lights visible from the beach after 9 PM from May 1 to October 31, or replace them with sea turtle friendly lighting. Why? According to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), disorientation from artificial lighting causes thousands of hatchling deaths each year in Florida and is a significant marine turtle conservation problem. Let’s keep Marco’s beaches dark after 9 PM from May 1 through October 31.
Sea Turtle Activity Update May 18 - 24, 2021 | |||||||
| Total Nests | Total False Crawls | Total Hatched Nests | ||||
| This Year | Last Year | This Year | Last Year | This Year | Last Year | Disoriented |
Barefoot | 40 | 50 | 67 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Delnor Wiggins | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vanderbilt | 36 | 46 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parkshore | 21 | 37 | 19 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
City of Naples | 25 | 46 | 17 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keewaydin Island | 64 | 67 | 73 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sea Oat & Coconut Island | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marco Island | 11 | 20 | 21 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kice & Cape Romano | 24 | 30 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10,000 Islands | 20 | 17 | 31 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Collier County Totals | 250 | 322 | 294 | 455 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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