Great White Shark Cape Cod Massachusetts image screen shot courtesy of video below – How Close To Shore Can A Great White Come
If you are worried about swimming in the sea where great white sharks are known to live, you may be wondering or worried about how close to shore can a great white come.
Great white sharks sometimes get within a few metres from the shore and have been spotted close-in at Cape Cod, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Clement, Mexico and Australia. How close these sharks get depends on the size of the great white shark and how deep the water is a few metres from the shore.
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The following great white shark in Cape Cod, Massachusetts came within 25 yards (22.86 metres) from the shore in search of Gray Seals.
Large Great White Sharks Near Shore in Cape Cod 231,668 views Premiered Sep 8, 2022 In August, I was able to spend a week in Cape Cod with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy observing and learning about the local white shark populations. The first thing I noticed is that white sharks on the coast here tend to be a bit larger than the juvenile sharks I observe in Southern California. At one point, I filmed a shark approximately 12-14 feet long just 25 yards from shore. This video is part one of a series I’m releasing about sharks in and around Cape Cod. Great white shark 3-4 yards off Cape Cod shoreline – image courtesy of ABC World News – see full video below
Great white shark within metres from Race Point Beach, Cape Cod MA
In the following video this large great white shark is probably less than 10 metres (11 yards) from the shore. In this case the predatory white shark had chased a seal into the shallows, which is a common refuge for seals to hide in shallower waters.
Unfortunately for the seal it didn’t realise the white shark was still nearby when it ventured back into the sea. You see the shark attacked the seal only feet from the shore and succumbed to its attack.
Another great white shark hunting Grey Seals close to the shoreline of a Cape Cod beach Massachusetts. The attack by this large great white shark was witnessed by a family of beachgoers. The seal initially escaped by hauling itself out onto the beach, but as you will see from the blood pouring into the sea, it didn’t stand much chance of surviving and later died of its wounds.
In the above image captured from this video, courtesy of ABC World News, this great white shark was at times about 3-4 yards (2.74-3.66 metres) from the shoreline on this Cape Cod beach, Massachusetts.
Great White Shark Seal Attack in Cape Cod Caught On Camera A family of beachgoers witnessed a great white shark attacking a grey seal off the coast of Cape Cod. The seal initially escaped, but later died of its wounds.
Great white shark within metres from Southern Californian beach
This great white shark was only yards from this southern Californian beach near surfers, but it wasn’t hunting humans. This great white shark was hunting sting rays found along this coast line close to the shore where the stingrays are hunting for prey themselves.
Great White Shark’s Close Encounter with a Surfer: A Shark Hunts for Sting Rays I observe a handful of human & great white shark encounters in Southern California. Why are there so many white sharks in shallow waters? We take a look at some factors regarding that question.
Great white sharks are masters of waves close to shore
Also in the above video there are a few close encounters between humans on surfboards and great white sharks in Southern California. The reason why these great white sharks are in the shallows to begin with is they are hunting sting rays and not humans.
Great white shark close to surfer in San Clemente, California
The following video is of a southern Californian surfer having a close encounter with a great white shark in the surf-zone close to shore.
Great White Shark Surprises Solitary Surfer Surfing at the Bluffs Campground in San Onofre State Park San Clemente / Camp Pendleton in Southern California.
Other great white sharks close to the shore
Great white shark in the surf-zone close to shore in Australia. The thumbnail saying that the great white is stalking surfers is stretching the truth, as this great white shark is probably looking for sting rays in the shallows. You’ll see the white shark gets close to the surfers, but shows little interest in them despite how close it gets.
WHITE SHARK STALKS SURFERS – Shark Drone Footage White Shark breaches its AVO orders and approaches surfers. Great white shark a few yards of the Sea of Cortez shoreline – image courtesy of Caters News – see video below where image was taken
Great white shark stranded in shallow water close to shore
This great white shark is about 14 feet (4.26 metres) long and was filmed in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. You’ll see it has been injured just behind its dorsal fin probably by a propeller. The shark is only a short distance from the shore in only a few feet of water, despite its huge size.
The above image was screen short at the beginning of the video where you can see how close to shore this white shark actually is. The reason why this white shark was so close is because it was recovering from an injury you can see from the video. It is thought that the shark was feeding on sting rays whilst recovering from its injury.
Great White Shark hunting in Shallow Water. Filmed by Dirty D the Saxophone player while in Mexico Uncut and unedited video clips of encounter with White Shark. There was no cell service at the location this was shot. There is no Marine Rescue in Mexico for sharks. The shark was observed and filmed nothing more could be done. It swam away after 20 min.
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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.
