Hello darlings! I’m Seaglass! My dear friends at Seaglass Wine carefully selected me to represent them in this year’s Tour de Turtles. While I swim, I’ll be raising awareness about a threat to sea turtles-- coastal armoring. As I’m sure you already know, sea turtles like me come back to the same beach year after year to nest, and I’ve noticed my beach has started to look different lately. Just recently, I came ashore to nest and ran into a concrete monstrosity that never used to be there! STC told me that coastal areas are considered prime real estate and many of the world’s beaches are being heavily developed. Coastal property owners often build armoring structures along beaches such as vertical seawalls, like the one I ran into, to help protect their land from erosion. How dare they! I’ll need your help during the race to raise awareness about this issue facing Florida’s beaches and sea turtles. Remember, SEAGLASS, not sea walls! Join me in this endeavor and we’ll toast to a victory at the finish line! 

I was named by my Sponsor, Sea Glass. Check out my marathon migration map, where you can follow along as I swim to raise awareness about the threat of Coastal Armoring to sea turtles. Please help me raise awareness about my cause by supporting me!

Learn more about loggerhead sea turtles.