shark sightings

Officials in Edgartown, Massachusetts had to close South Beach on Sunday after multiple reports of shark sightings. Authorities say the beach town on the island of Martha’s Vineyard had temporarily closed access to the beaches earlier on Sunday morning because of shark sightings, but later re-opened. However, after more sightings of sharks near the beach, official decided to close...

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...

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.

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.