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Great White Shark Sighted Off Vineyard Beach

July 11, 2008

A lifeguard spotted a shark close to shore at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday morning (July 10th) at South Beach, Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard. The shark sighting was later confirmed by a private pilot flying over the beach and was identified as a great white shark approximately 15 to 17 feet in length.

It is believed that the increasing population of seals year-round in the waters off Martha’s Vineyard is the primary reason for the increased number of shark sighting in the past few years.

Mark Alan Lovewell of the Vineyard Gazette has a report on this most recent sighting. To read it online, visit the following link:

Article: Swimmers Sent Out of Sea Following Shark Sighting By Mark Alan Lovewell, Vineyard Gazette

So far we haven’t heard of any recent great white sightings in the waters off of Greater Newburyport, including the North Shore and the New Hampshire seacoast.

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Written by Mark Bransfield · Filed Under Beaches, Coastal Naturalist, Fishing, Marine & Waterfront, Sharks 

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