Day 4: Melbourne Beach, Florida… sea turtles nesting paradise!

Hello! Today we left Miami to go to Melbourne beach to go see sea turtles 🐢 and stay at a beachfront hotel!! Let me tell you the story:

After eating some breakfast at Miami, we left the hotel and set for Melbourne!!!! We saw many condos as we drove north the US1 until Surfside!
Look! A Florida drawbridge!
We later arrived at a beach and there were a lot of fishermen there!!!!
Look! Me and mom are at the pier!!!! We were at Sebastian Inlet State Park!!!!!
We later arrived at the hotel in Melbourne Beach Florida! It is so cool and modern!!!
This is the place, here the link. Great resort!
We are just about to go to the beach!!!
Now we went to the beach!!!
Us posing at the beach.
Looking at the ocean.
The 3 Musketeers!!!
Look how many shells.
Such a great time!

Let’s learn about sea turtles and this place (source ChatGPT):

Melbourne Beach, Florida, is one of the most important sea turtle nesting sites in North America, hosting thousands of loggerhead, green, and occasionally leatherback turtles each year. Nesting season runs from March to October, when female turtles crawl ashore under moonlight to lay around 100 eggs per nest. Hatchlings emerge two months later, instinctively heading toward the ocean. Despite protections, sea turtles face threats from coastal development, artificial lighting, and predators. Yet every tiny hatchling that reaches the waves represents hope—a fragile promise that, if we care for their beaches and oceans, these ancient mariners will grace our shores forever.

Look!!!!!! Baby turtle hatchlings!!!!!! Something we have not seen before!!!!
One of the hatchlings!! Awwww
Look! More!!
More hatchlings!!! This was AMAZING to see live!
The late evening ocean!
The sky! Thank you, God!

Now, we are at the hotel!!! We are resting here after a very long and busy and fun day and we are resting here!!!!!! See you later!! Bye!!!!!

(East Coast 2025)

One response to “Day 4: Melbourne Beach, Florida… sea turtles nesting paradise!”

  1. Que fofinhas as tartarugas!! Amei !

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