The indexwildlifedatable to the day
Permitted sea-turtle walks
Fires when booking gate — reserve in May; permitted programs only, red light only
Photograph Edwin Wilke · CC0
The weekly build has been paused since October 6, 2026. The seasons and dates below still hold. Events are the ones the last finished build found, in the week of 2026-09-13, that have not happened yet — anything announced since is missing, and nothing here reflects this week's weather.
- Where
- Archie Carr NWR, Melbourne Beach
- Drive
- 110 minutes from Lakeland
- In season
- June through July
- Certainty
- datable to the day
- Drone
- no
Flying here
National Wildlife Refuges: Launching, landing or operating from refuge land is prohibited without a special use permit. Overflight is again an FAA matter rather than the refuge's, but disturbing wildlife is separately unlawful and a drone over a roost or a colony is disturbance regardless of altitude. Treat this as a no unless you have the permit.
From the field
The rules are the picture's price. Never an unpermitted night beach shoot.