More Shark Sightings At The Jersey Shore!
A group of sharks spotted off the Jersey Shore this morning prompted lifeguards to briefly close a beach on Barnegat Peninsula for the second day in a row.
Three shark fins cut through the water about 9:30 a.m. near 10th Lane off Midway Beach, said Sgt. Nick Bruno who made the sighting. Swimming was banned for about an hour until the sharks moved south, he said.
Midway Beach is directly south of Seaside Park, where sightings of two sharks yesterday caused lifeguards to close the beach for several hours.
On Monday, sharks were spotted off Ocean Beach north of Seaside Park, forcing lifeguards to close that beach for about a half hour.
Shark attacks may be rare at the Jersey Shore and there hasn’t been a fatal attack since 1926… but I’m not taking any chances.
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I was there on the beach with my husband & two daughters, luckily they were on the rides as I was sun tanning, I spotted one fin several feet away from Casino Pier, however, lost sight of it after a ruckus on the beach for people to get out. From my point of view it seemed like a somewhat large fin, it was not in the breaking waves but cruising too close for comfort. I did not have binoculars like the lifeguards but could easily see the fin (and with my bad eyes) needless to say I could not see the (length) or size just the fin (dark colored ~my guess~ a bull shark) I seen a photo apparently taken from someone claiming to be on the casino pier and took a picture of the shark apparently Korean tourists, and was just wondering if infact that was a true picture? and has there been anymore sightings of the one or two sharks since last week? I love the beach and will continue to love the beach sharks or not… after all were on thier turf! Just curious, thanks, Lisa
coool story i really love sharks