shark sightings

At least eight great white sharks were spotted along Cape Cod on Sunday.

A total of four great white sharks were reported in the Chatham area. There was also a confirmed sighting that closed Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro, and another that closed Newcomb Hollow Beach. Coast guard Beach in Truro was also closed Saturday due to a shark sighting.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water at several Cape Cod beaches on Thursday morning due to shark sightings.

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

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

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

Seals are thriving off the Northeast coast thanks to decades of protections, and that victory for wildlife has brought a consequence for humans — more encounters with sharks. Seals are a favorite prey of large sharks such as the great white. The death this week of swimmer Julie Dimperio Holowach, who was killed by a great white off Harpswell, Maine,…

Swimmers were ordered out of the water Sunday in Plymouth and at a Cape Cod beach after sharks were detected, as the number of shark sightings continues to climb as the summer progresses.