November 27th - Dolphin Calf Stranding in Bluffton
A deceased bottlenose dolphin calf was reported to us on November 27th in Bluffton. This dolphin was found floating near a dock. Our HHI...
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Nicole Principe
- Nov 19
- 1 min
November 19th - Dolphin Stranding in the Ashley River
On Sunday, November 19th, we were notified of a deceased dolphin floating in the Ashley River. The boaters who called were kind enough to...
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Nicole Principe
- Nov 13
- 1 min
November 13th - Dolphin Calf Stranding on Folly Beach
We received a call early in the morning on November 13th regarding a dead baby dolphin. Pictures confirmed this was a neonate bottlenose...
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Nicole Principe
- Oct 22
- 1 min
October 23rd - Dolphin Stranding on Folly Beach
On the evening of October 23rd, we were notified about a deceased dolphin on Folly Beach. LMMN stranding tech, Nicole Principe, and NOAA...
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Nicole Principe
- Sep 28
- 1 min
September 29th - Striped Dolphin Stranding on Litchfield Beach
On September 30th, LMMN was notified that a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) had stranded alive the previous night on Litchfield...
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Nicole Principe
- Sep 4
- 2 min
September 4th - Dolphin Stranding in Hilton Head Island
On Labor Day, our team was notified by Amber Kuehn, head of sea turtle patrol on HHI and LMMN volunteer, that there was a dead bottlenose...
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Nicole Principe
- Aug 20
- 1 min
August 20th - Dolphin Stranding on Kiawah Island
We got a call on August 20th regarding a dead dolphin on North East Kiawah Island. Brooke jumped into action and coordinated with...
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Nicole Principe
- Aug 5
- 1 min
August 6th - Dolphin Stranding in Mt. Pleasant
Warning - Graphic Content On the evening of August 6th, we were notified that there was a dead bottlenose dolphin in an oyster bed off...
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Nicole Principe
- Jul 20
- 2 min
July 21st - Whale Stranding on Daufuskie Island
On July 21st, Daufuskie Island Sea Turtle Patrol notified our team about a deceased dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) on the beach on...
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Lauren Rust
- Jul 18
- 1 min
July 7th - Dolphin Stranding on Sullivan's Island
*Warning - Graphic In the early evening of July 7th, our team received a call about a deceased dolphin near Station 13 on Sullivan's...
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Nicole Principe
- Jun 29
- 1 min
June 19th - Dolphin Stranding in Botany Bay
On June 19th, our team was alerted to a dead dolphin in Botany Bay from SC DNR sea turtle team. This animal appeared to be an adult...
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Nicole Principe
- Jun 29
- 2 min
June 18th - Dolphin Stranding on Kiawah Island
On June 18th, our team received a call from Kiawah Island Beach Patrol about a dead dolphin that had washed ashore. Initial observations...
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Nicole Principe
- Jun 28
- 1 min
June 4th - Dolphin Stranding in Hilton Head
During the very early hours of the morning on June 4th, HHI sea turtle patrol manager and LMMN lead volunteer, Amber Kuehn, found a...
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Nicole Principe
- Jun 9
- 2 min
May 16th - Dolphin Calf Stranding in Port Royal
On May 16th, we got a call from a boater who found this young dolphin calf that was alone and exhibiting signs of injury and was...
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Nicole Principe
- May 26
- 2 min
May 14th - Dolphin Stranding in Port Royal
We received a call on Mother's Day about a dead dolphin down in the Mackay Creek near Pinckney Island in Port Royal. Despite DNR's best...
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Nicole Principe
- May 12
- 2 min
Live Pygmy Sperm Whale Stranding in Myrtle Beach, SC
A pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) live stranded on Myrtle Beach, SC on May 4th, 2023. The animal died naturally on-site and was then...
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Nicole Principe
- Apr 17
- 1 min
April 18th - Dolphin Stranding on James Island
Believe it or not, this picture was not taken by responders on site, but with a drone! In some cases, dolphins can strand in really...
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Nicole Principe
- Apr 17
- 1 min
April 17th - Dolphin Stranding in the Kiawah River
This sub-adult/adult male bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) stranded in the Kiawah River on April 17th, 2023. With the help from...
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Nicole Principe
- Mar 30
- 1 min
March 31st - Dolphin Stranding in the Folly River
This bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was found and reported by College of Charleston graduate student, Colin Perkins-Taylor,...
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Nicole Principe
- Mar 27
- 2 min
March 27th - Spotted Dolphin Stranding in Hilton Head Island
On March 27th, Amber Keuhn, our lead stranding volunteer in HHI, responded to a deceased, female, spotted dolphin on the beach in Hilton...
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