Sharks

News and information about shark sightings on Cape Cod and beyond

Maine Jul 22

Multiple great white shark sightings reported off Maine beaches in recent days

Police say one or more great white sharks have been spotted off several beaches in southern Maine in recent days. The most recent sighting was in the area of the south tip of Richmond Island, Crescent...

Massachusetts Oct 17

Great white shark washes up on Cape Cod beach: ‘Not one of our typical calls for service'
Massachusetts Oct 2

Mass. beach to remain closed to swimming through October due to shark activity

Massachusetts Sep 23

Mass. beach to remain closed to swimming for another week due to continued shark activity

A popular beach on the North Shore of Massachusetts remained closed Wednesday — and will for several more days — after multiple great white shark sightings on Tuesday. Swimmers were ordered out of the...
Massachusetts Sep 18

North Shore beach to remain closed to swimming after great white shark sightings

A popular beach on the North Shore of Massachusetts remained closed Wednesday — and will for several more days — after multiple great white shark sightings on Tuesday. Swimmers were ordered out of the...
Cape Cod Aug 28

To help prevent shark bites, Wellfleet brings strong Wi-Fi to beaches

In a push for more people to be able to get shark alerts on their phones, the Town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, is making its beaches better connected to the internet. Nearly six years after the death...
Massachusetts Aug 26

Over 50 white shark sightings reported off Mass., NH in the past week alone

Over 50 shark sightings have been reported off the Massachusetts and New Hampshire coast in the past week alone, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app. Most of the ...

Massachusetts Aug 6

Watch: Great white shark smiles at researchers off the coast of Mass.

Researchers recently spotted a great white shark off the shores of Scituate, Massachusetts, and this fishy friend was not shy at all. Great whites have about 300 teeth, and this one probably showed off more than we needed to see. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, the region’s leading white shark research nonprofit organization, was able t...
Animals and Wildlife Aug 1

13-foot shark washes up on Massachusetts beach

Shark sightings have become a common occurrence in Massachusetts, and the body of a distinctive-looking one was found on a local beach on Thursday. A 13-foot thresher shark washed up on the beach in Duxbury on Thursday morning, according to town officials, who posted photos of the shark on social media. The animal was removed from the area to be&#8...
Massachusetts Jul 29

Hammerhead shark spotted swimming off Cape Cod

An unusual species of shark — at least for Cape Cod — was spotted earlier this month in Massachusetts waters. The Atlantic White Shark conservancy shared photos of the shark in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, last week indicating that the animal was seen near Monomoy Island, which is off the coast of Chatham. “Wow! What an...
Massachusetts Jul 8

INTERACTIVE: See where great white sharks have been spotted off Cape Cod this summer

Already this summer, dozens of great white shark sightings and predations have been reported off Cape Cod. Several have even been reported in areas further north, including coastal Maine. Ahead of the busy Fourth of July weekend, sharks were spotted off Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro and Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet ahead of the busy Fourth ...
Cape Cod Jun 13

Great white shark back off Cape Cod after epic journey to Mexico

The first tagged white shark has been detected off Cape Cod this season, and she’s a bit of a legend. LeeBeth, a 14-foot shark, made history this February off the coast of Mexico, just south of the Texas border, the furthest west that one of the animals, often referred to as great whites, with a tracking tag has ever...
Mar 12

One great white shark's epic journey could provide clues for protecting them

As sharks go, LeeBeth is something like a long-haul trucker with gills and giant teeth. Swimmers at the beach might not be excited to see the 14-foot white shark, but scientists following LeeBeth’s movements are thrilled that the big fish’s epic journey could provide valuable clues to help the species. And they’re curious where sh...
Boston Dec 5, 2023

Tragedy in the Bahamas: Mass. woman killed by shark while paddleboarding identified

A woman from Boston was killed by a shark while paddleboarding off a resort’s beach in the Bahamas on Monday morning, police said.
Maine Jul 21, 2023

Lifeguard reports possible shark sighting at beach in Maine

A lifeguard in Biddeford Maine reported a possible shark sighting on Thursday afternoon. The Director of the Biddeford Recreation Department Carl Walsh told News Center Maine that a lifeguard at Middle Beach saw what appeared to be a shark fin in the water. Beachgoers were ordered out of the water after the sighting, but the fin was not seen again&...
Massachusetts Jul 21, 2023

Shark jumps out of water, takes bite out of Mass. fisherman's catch

A shark snagged a snack right off a Massachusetts fisherman’s line and he has the photos to prove it.
Massachusetts Jul 12, 2023

Here's where sharks have been spotted in Mass. in recent days

Maybe it’s the weather? Compared to previous summers, it seems we’ve heard a lot less about great white shark sightings off Cape Cod and other areas of the Massachusetts coast. But that’s certainly changed in recent days, as numerous sightings have been reported just as temperatures began to shoot up into the 90s. Over the past tw...

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