The Wahoo, St. George Island, FL

04/23/2025

Celebrating my 14th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

03/22/2025

Time to make beach plans!

St. George Island Vacation Rental sandy beaches Wahoo quiet secluded island Romantic pet friendly comfortable beds walking distance to beach % %

03/15/2025

01/22/2025

Tallahassee, Wow!

01/12/2025

January 23rd.

01/05/2025

Dog friendly beaches!

12/17/2024

Merry Christmas!

11/11/2024

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update:
*St George Island*
Number of nests: 317
-6 Leatherback
-2 Green
-309 Loggerhead

-18,130 hatched eggs
-24,692 eggs found in nests
-135 nests adopted Thank you!

*Little St George*
Number of total nests: 134
-13 Green
-120 Loggerhead
-1 unknown
Remember to help sea turtles keep the beaches Clean, Flat, and Dark.

11/11/2024

November Sunset and Full Moon Climb at Cape St. George Lighthouse
November 15 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

The November Sunset and Full Moon Climb at the Cape St. George Lighthouse on St. George Island will be held on Friday, November 15, 2024. Visitors can enjoy this opportunity to view St. George Island, the Gulf of Mexico and the Apalachicola bay under the evening sky.

The Sunset and Full Moon Climb will be from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Fifteen-minute time slots will be allotted for each group on a first come, first served basis. No advanced reservations will be taken. You will purchase your tickets in the gift shop and then sign up for your 15-minute time slot with the lighthouse keeper. Up to 12 persons allowed in each 15-minute time slot. The gift shop will open at 5:00 p.m. to begin selling tickets.

Cost is $10.00 per climber for the general public and $7.00 for members of the St. George Lighthouse Association. Cash or credit card payments accepted. All climbers must be at least 40 inches tall to climb the tower and children must be age 13 and over to access the outside catwalk. For more information, please contact the Lighthouse Gift Shop at 850-927-7745.

10/06/2024

The Crooked River Lighthouse will be hosting a Full Moon Lighthouse Event on Thursday, October 17, from 7:30-9:30 pm ET in Carrabelle, FL. Visitors can enjoy the gorgeous natural surroundings of St. George Sound and Carrabelle Beach under the glow of the sunset and rising Hunter’s Moon.

Visitors can enjoy an after-hours tour of the Keeper’s House Museum and see the exhibit of the lighthouse’s original, historic Fresnel lens constructed in 1894 in Paris, France. Guests can browse the unique nautical gifts and souvenirs in the gift shop. Visitors may also enjoy the glowing bonfire in the park (weather permitting). Bring a chair and enjoy the evening.

For those brave souls who are bold enough to venture to the top of the tallest lighthouse on the Forgotten Coast, evening tower climbs are scheduled at 15-minute intervals throughout the event. Climbers will be rewarded with breathtaking views of the bay. Evening climbs cost $10 and climb reservations are strongly encouraged due to limited availability. Climbers must be at least 44 inches tall and children under 12 (FREE) with ticketed adults. Advance tickets can be purchased online at or in the lighthouse gift shop.

09/22/2024

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Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update:
*St George Island*
Number of nests: 317
-6 Leatherback
-2 Green
-309 Loggerhead

-18,130 hatched eggs
-24,692 eggs found in nests
-135 nests adopted Thank you!

*Little St George*
Number of total nests: 134
-13 Green
-120 Loggerhead
-1 unknown
Remember to help sea turtles keep the beaches Clean, Flat, and Dark.

09/15/2024

The dogs in OHIO and around the country are rallying!

08/31/2024

Sea Turtles!

Sea turtles are some of the most mysterious and loved creatures that visit our Florida beaches. They evolved over 110 million years ago and are found in all the earth’s oceans except for the north and south poles. In Franklin County, as in many coastal areas throughout the southeastern United States and world-wide, there are active efforts to protect these animals on their nesting beaches and the waters they swim in the bay and Gulf.

Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species swim in Florida waters, and three of these species nest on our local beaches. Loggerhead sea turtles are the most common nesting turtle in Franklin County and in all of Florida. Green sea turtle nests are less common, and leatherback turtles are the rarest nesters, returning to the panhandle every few years to lay only a handful of nests. Sea turtles typically nest on the barrier island Gulf beaches, but they do occasionally nest on mainland areas such as Carrabelle Beach.

Nesting season is from May to October each year, with females laying nests from May to August and hatchlings incubating and emerging from these nests into October. A female will lay several nests within one season, but only nest every couple of seasons. Each nest may contain between 80-120 ping-pong-ball sized eggs. By laying multiple nests, females are spreading out the chances that some of these nests will be successful. Nests face many threats from predators such as ghost crabs, raccoons, and coyotes, and weather disturbances such as storm surge wash over or incubation temperatures become too cold or too hot. It is estimated that 1 in 1,000 eggs will make a turtle that survives to adulthood.

After hatchlings emerge, only the females will return to land to lay their own nests. Males never return to land after they hatch. Between nesting seasons, they may travel hundreds of miles to their foraging grounds, where they spend several years eating and replenishing their body stores to get ready for their next nesting period. Turtles nesting on Franklin county beaches may forage throughout the Gulf of Mexico or in the Atlantic Ocean. Different species prefer different food items with loggerheads preferring crab and other crustaceans, green turtles specializing in seagrass, and leatherbacks eating jellyfish.

08/27/2024

Oysters!