Shark spotters have positive been busy these previous few weeks alongside the Cape and Islands, together with over the weekend as a number of shark alerts lit up the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.
Multiple nice white shark sightings continued to set off seaside closures on Sunday. Two seashores on Martha’s Vineyard had been closed to swimming for 2 hours following apex predator sightings.
“SHARK ALERT !!” tweeted MA Sharks, which is run by native shark knowledgeable John Chisholm, who confirms sightings for the Sharktivity app. “South Beach & Norton Point, Edgartown closed to swimming due to multiple shark sightings.”
There was additionally an unconfirmed sighting of three sharks in that very same space of Martha’s Vineyard earlier on Sunday.
Many sharks had been once more noticed off of Nauset Beach in Orleans, a hotbed of latest nice white exercise through the busiest shark month of the 12 months. One nice white shark was seen solely about 25 yards from the Nauset shoreline, in accordance with a shark sighting report Sunday afternoon.
Earlier within the day on Sunday, an amazing white was noticed about 150 to 200 yards offshore Nauset Beach.
The different Cape Cod shark hotspot in latest weeks has been Chatham, the place many sharks had been seen near shore on Sunday.
“White shark spotted off of North Beach Island, Chatham,” said the shark alert. “About 150 yards from shore.”
A fantastic white was seen off of Monomoy Island, about 75 yards from the shore.
Sharks had been additionally noticed off the northern fringe of the Outer Cape on Sunday. A pilot reported seeing an amazing white shark northeast of Provincetown, and a pilot additionally noticed an amazing white north of Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro.
Great whites hunt for seals near shore alongside the Cape through the summer season and early fall. August is the busiest shark month within the area, in accordance with shark detection information from latest years of tagged white sharks.
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