Your reason for asking if there are great white sharks in Cape Cod, maybe because you are worried about coming into contact with a great white shark when swimming on one of the many Cape Cod beaches like Race Point Beach.
There are great white sharks in Cape Cod, Massachusetts as confirmed by sightings from Race Point Beach and by white sharks with tracking tags from Ocearch research. Great whites are more likely to be in Cape Cod Bay between July and October when sea temperatures rise above 12°C (53.6°F).
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The reason why Cape Cod Bay is visited by great white sharks is because the water temperature stays above 12°C (53.6°F) in July through to October, with a high of around 21.9°C (71.42°F) in July and August.
The sea temperature in Cape Cod Bay drops to below 12°C (53.8°) in November through June. But at times the sea temperature in Cape Cod Bay can be above 12°C in November, and in May and June each year. This means there may be great white sharks in Cape Cod between May and November.
Great white sharks prefer water temperatures between 12-24°C (54-75 °F), which means they may visit Cape Cod, Massachusetts between the months of May and October each year when water temperatures in the area are can be within this perfect white shark sea temperature range.
The following video is of a large great white shark feeding on a seal at Race Point Beach Cape Cod off the coast of Cape Cod. This goes to show there are great white sharks in Cape Cod Bay. There is another video of a beached great white shark in Cape Cod below too.
Great White Shark Attack Is WAY TOO CLOSE To The Beach! 🦭🦈 1,623,239 views Jun 28, 2021 Great White Shark ATTACKS a seal close to shore at Cape Cod beach. A great white shark finishes off a seal it had attacked earlier. The seal wandered back into the water after coming to the shore. Race Point Beach in Provincetown, MAGreat white shark Charlotte image courtesy of Ocearch – Tagged great white shark shown to visit Cape Cod Bay and last seen in August 2021
Tagged great white shark Charlotte in Cape Cod Bay
Great white shark Charlotte has been tracked in Cape Cod bay, Massachusetts. When white shark Charlotte was tagged on 29th March 2021 in Onslow Bay, she was 338lbs (153kg) and 8′ 1″ (2.46 metres) long.
You will see from the above image that Charlotte white shark last visited Cape Cod Bay in August 2021. Prior to this she was pinged on 15th August 2021 in Bigelow Bight just off from Ogunquit, before she swam across Massachusetts bay to Cape Cod Bay.
Great white shark Cisco in Cape Cod Bay image courtesy of Ocearch – Tagged great white shark shown to visit Cape Cod Bay and last seen in June 2017
Tagged great white shark Cisco in Cape Cod Bay
When great white shark Cisco was tagged he was 357lbs (162kg) and 8′ 8″ (2.64 metres) in length. This male great white shark was originally tagged near Nantucket, MA on 7 October 2016, and was last pinged in Cape Cod Bay in June 2017.
Why are there so many great white sharks in Cape Cod?
The reason why there are so many great white sharks in Cape Cod is because of the increasing numbers of grey seals, which is since the seals were protected by law under the US Marine Mammal Protection Act. Great white sharks are a protected species too and hunt this growing population of grey seals.
What Cape Cod beach has the most sharks?
Cape Cod beaches where the most great sharks are found include Race Point Beach, North Truro High Head Beach, Longnook Beach, Ballston Beach, Cahoon Hollow Beach, Marconi Beach, Nauset Beach and Orleans Beach on the outer shores of the Cape where seals can also be found hunting for fish.
Many of the local grey seals can be found on Monomoy Island where boat trips can be taken to see the seals. The waters around Monomoy Island will be patrolled by great white sharks hunting for these seals.
Original Footage! GREAT WHITE SHARK BEACHED IN CAPE COD July 13, 2015
I’m saddened to see this beautiful creature struggling to get water in its gills, but the locals of Cape Cod manage to pull the white shark back into the water using a boat.
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Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC. He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC club too. Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK, on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, South Africa and the USA. Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too.
