It appears that three more sea turtle nests have hatched on our section of beach. One photo shows the hatchlings' tracks as they orient themselves after coming out of the nest and attempt to find the ocean. If they are distracted by lights on the beach from homes or the street, they can be disoriented and end up heading toward those lights, rather than toward the ocean. There were also several "dry runs" observed during the last few days where it appears the female sea turtles came up on the beach, but returned to the ocean without laying a nest. Sometimes that is because people or lights on the beach disturb them during the night and they return to the water without laying a nest.
In the photo of the nest, it appears that one of the EA employees had carefully "fingered" around the nest opening to be sure that all hatchlings near the surface were out and headed toward the ocean. Other hatchlings in that nest will wait until the next night's darkness to pop out of the nest and begin their journey to the sea.