Nauset Beach

White sharks were busy off the Massachusetts coast on Saturday morning, closing beaches in Nantucket and gathering off Cape Cod. Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Ladies, Miacomet and Cisco beaches on Nantucket for two hours after a shark was spotted, the island’s harbormaster said. The Sharktivity app, which tracks the fish, didn’t immediately note a sighting...

A woman who was celebrating the Fourth of July at a beach on Cape Cod captured quite a scene when she recorded a shark finding its dinner just off the shoreline. Kim Reilly was near the water’s edge on the north side of Nauset Outer Beach in Orleans with her family when a shark began attacking a seal around 8:30…

Kim Reilly captured video on the Fourth of July that shows a shark attacking a seal just off Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts.

The warning signs are up, and people know to be aware, thanks to more than a decade of research. Most sharks return to the Cape between August and October. But even though it’s still early in the season, the sharks are definitely here. Here’s what beachgoers should know.

A plane is believed to have gone down off the coast of Cape Cod after taking off from Pennsylvania.

The U.S. Coast Guard and local harbormasters are searching for a plane that may have crashed off the coast of Cape Cod.

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a plane that may have crashed off the coast of Cape Cod.

The U.S. Coast Guard and local harbormasters are searching for a plane that may have crashed off the coast of Cape Cod. The downed plane — a white and beige Piper 28 aircraft — was reported missing off Nauset Beach in Orleans, Massachusetts. A male pilot was on board, the Coast Guard said. The original call was made to the…

It happened in the matter of seconds – an encounter with a great white shark off Nauset Beach. Matt Pieciak’s cousin captured the moment on video while he tried to reel the big catch.

Matt Pieciak and his friends were having a day at Nauset Beach, casually cracking a beer and casting a line, when he wound up hooking a great white shark Sunday. “We started having some beers and I think we were playing corn hole and I saw the rod start to bend over my cousin’s shoulder,” Pieciak said. “That’s when...

Matt Pieciak says he’s well aware sharks are a common sight at Nauset Beach in Orleans but never did he imagine he would come so close to one off the shore.

The Reigels, vacationing on Cape Cod from Pennsylvania, spotted several sharks Saturday about a quarter mile off the coast of Nauset Beach in Eastham.

A Pennsylvania family vacationing on Cape Cod had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Reigels spotted several sharks Saturday about a quarter mile off the coast of Nauset Beach in Eastham. “We said we wanted to see sharks and we actually saw about five, six great whites,” Lee Ann Reigel said. One shark even came up to the small boat, chartered with…

There have been a number of shark sightings in recent days, including in Plymouth, Eastham, and Chatham.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Massachusetts Sunday morning after a shark sighting, a day after at least two sharks were seen in the same area. The Sharktivity app reported just after 10 a.m. the beach had been closed for an hour after a white shark was spotted off the beach. On Saturday…

At least two white sharks, also known as great white sharks, were seen off Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet on Saturday afternoon, according to the Sharktivity App and Massachusetts State Police, closing the water for the majority of the day. Swimmers at the Cape Cod beach were initially ordered out of the water until 11 a.m., but the water remained…

There were at least two confirmed shark sightings Saturday at the beach in Wellfleet.

Two white sharks, also known as great white sharks, were seen off Nauset Beach on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Sharktivity App, temporarily closing the water for the second time in the day. Swimmers at the Cape Cod beach were ordered out of the water about 2 p.m., after the pair of sharks were sighted. They’ll be allowed back...

Shark season isn’t over just yet — a photo shows a great white swimming very close to a surfer off Nauset Beach.

Town beaches in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have been temporarily closed to swimmers after a confirmed shark sighting. Swimming at Plymouth beaches will be suspended for three hours after the harbormaster received a report from a lobsterman who said he saw a nearly 9-foot long white shark at the surface alongside his boat.