 We look for sea turtle nests, set them up, protect them, and then when it's time for them to hatch, we make sure they all get to the ocean, and then we'll do an excavation, and we collect all the official data for the state of North Carolina. She said each season is different. During some years, they have been up to 52 nests along the Amarillo Coast. It takes around 50 to 70 days for a sea turtle nest to hatch.