Startling Photo Shows Shark Near Surfer Off Cape Cod Beach
Sharks have been sighted off Cape Cod over 200 times this year, according to the Sharktivity app
By Young-Jin Kim ••
Shark season isn’t over just yet — a photo shows a great white swimming very close to a surfer off Nauset Beach.
Environmental officials on Friday shared a startling photo of a white shark swimming close to a surfer off a popular Cape Cod beach Friday morning.
In a Facebook post, the Orleans National Resources Office shared the photo, taken by Joe Mault, and said the close encounter happened Friday morning off Nauset Beach.
In the post, the office urged beachgoers to use caution.
"As a reminder to all beach goers we continue into peak season for white shark activity... Please remain vigilant."
Sharks have been sighted off Cape Cod over 200 times this year, according to the Sharktivity app.
Cape Cod Shark Sightings
All the sharks spotted on or near the cape in the summer of 2019.
Last updated: Aug. 21, 2019
Data from The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. Download their Sharktivity app here.
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Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Nate Jensen
This drone footage captured off Cape Cod shows a rare interaction between two great whites.
Patrick Clarke
This drone image of a great white was captured off Cape Cod.
Ken Corcoran
This image was captured by fishermen off Cape Cod.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
This shark was spotted in Cape Cod Bay.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
This shark was captured feeding on a seal off Cape Cod.
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
This shark was captured poking around a GoPro camera off Cape Cod.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Quite a few sharks were spotted close to shore on a July 16 research trip. This shark was off Head of the Meadow in Truro. Safety officials were notified and the beach was closed to swimming for one hour.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
This shark was spotted a few miles off of Whitehorse Beach.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
This shark was spotted swimming along the ocean's surface.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
White shark sighting on July 10th.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
This great white was seen off Cape Cod earlier this month.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Boat sighting of a great white shark.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Great white spotted swimming.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Another shot of Jules, the great white named after Julian Edelman.
Wayne Davis/Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
An aerial photo of Newcomb Hollow Beach on July 31, 2019, after swimmers were removed from the water after a white shark was spotted.
