Shark Hoax in Massachusetts!

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Great White Shark Spotted Off Provincetown

Yet another great white shark spotted off Cape Cod…

Officials confirm the great white was seen in waters off Truro and Provincetown this weekend. Scientists say the sharks are drawn to the area by the exploding seal population.

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Shark Shuts Down French Riviera!

Tourists visiting the French Riviera have been left high and dry after a shark sighting prompted a swimming ban.

The alert was issued yesterday after lifeguards patrolling in a motorboat spotted a creature measuring more than seven feet long.

Red ‘no swimming’ flags were also raised in the resorts of Villeneuve – Loubet and St. Laurent-du-Var, as people in boats telephoned warnings about the suspected shark, which had a large dorsal fin and a white belly. It was swimming some 150 feet off the coast, prompting fears that it might be wounded or ill, and might start attacking swimmers.

The French ban was lifted by this morning.

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VIDEO: California Surfer Films Sharks While They Circle Him!

Me my Shark and I from Chuck Patterson on Vimeo.

Chuck Patterson was SUP surfing with a couple friends when 2 sharks circled us for about 15 minutes. So the next day he decided to go back out with a camera mounted on a 10 ft pole and do some exploring.

Within 5 minutes a 9 ft shark came out of nowhere, circled twice and slapped its tail on his board before disappearing. Then, a minute later a 7 ft juvenile Great White swam circles around him for 12 minutes.

Thanks Brian

Shark Shuts Down New York Beach!

A stretch of Rockaway Beach in Queens was closed for more than an hour on Saturday morning after a shark was spotted swimming among surfers near the shore.

“It swam right under my buddy’s board as he was paddling out, and some surfers paddled away around the jetty,” said Alex Karinsky, 46, of Rockaway. “It’s the third shark sighting here this summer.”

The shark — some beachgoers insisted there were actually three — was spotted around 10 a.m. by surfers at what is one of the city’s official surfing beaches, near Beach 90th Street. Lifeguards ordered surfers out of the water along a stretch of more than a mile.

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Shark Shuts Down Florida Beach!

A shark sighting sent Cocoa Beach swimmers running for shore yesterday. The shark was spotted Thursday afternoon by Brevard County Ocean Rescue staff. Lifeguards had to order about 300 swimmers to get out of the water for at least 30 minutes.
Assistant Chief Eisen Witcher says the 30-minute wait policy is to gauge if the sharks are still around. If they are, the clocks starts over.

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Shark Sightings Close Massachusetts Beaches… Again

Three Massachusetts beaches are closed after shark sightings near New Bedford. The East, West, and Fort Tabor beaches are all closed to swimming, but shell fishermen are still allowed to venture into the water at their own risk.

At 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a rowing instructor spotted a shark-like figure in the water. After another sighting, the Fairhaven Harbormaster agreed that it was a shark. They believe it was an 8-10 foot Great White, very similar to the description of the shark that was spotted at Horseneck Beach 8 miles north.

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Shark Sightings Close Cape Cod Beach!

Chatham beaches were closed on Friday after at least 5 great white sharks were spotted off the coast, some as close as 100 yards from shore. Just before 11 a.m., two 12- to 14-foot great whites swam 200 yards apart, about a quarter-mile off South Beach. To the north, another great white was swimming back and forth about 100 yards off the beach. Then around 1 p.m., three sharks were spotted, all within 100 yards of the coast.

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Shark Shuts Down Jersey Shore!

A 5-foot shark was spotted at the Jersey Shore yesterday afternoon prompting lifeguards to briefly close a beach on the Barnegat Peninsula for the third time this month.

Lifeguards in Seaside Park called bathers out of the water about 2:30 p.m. after the shark was seen swimming 10-feet off shore. The shark practically made its way all the way to shore!

On July 12 sharks were seen off Ocean Beach north of Seaside Park. On July 15, two sharks off Midway Beach, directly south of Seaside Park, caused lifeguards to suspend swimming for several hours.

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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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