If they make it to the water, they will swim nonstop for about three days to clear all beach predators before taking their first food. That's really all we know about their life cycles until ten years or so later, when we see them as mature, adult sea turtles. Clearly, the first set of obstacles for sea turtle eggs are created by decisions made by their mothers and her predecessors, fate, history, environment and genetics. Sometimes the chosen nest site by expecting mommy turtle is inadequate. Raccoons and other predators come collect the eggs and make wonderful western omelets out of them.
Some beaches are logistically better for little baby turtles dashing to the ocean than others.
If I was a baby turtle, I'd chose to dash twenty-five feet rather than fifty feet. I'd rather have smooth, level sand all the way rather than an obstacle course. Sometimes the first out of the pit will get gulped immediately, sometimes the last. Some poor slobs will never even break out of their shells. Even for baby sea turtles, there' only so much that can be blamed on momma and daddy, poverty, lack of love, lack of self-esteem, blah blah blah.