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More Great White Sharks Spotted in Santa Cruz
NBC Bay Area ^ | 6/23 | Marianne Favro

Posted on 06/23/2016 12:22:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway

More great white sharks have been spotted in Santa Cruz this week.

The beaches in the area were packed Wednesday despite marine biologists seeing more sharks just off the shore.

"We saw a few white sharks, probably 10 sharks," said David Ebert with the Pacific Shark Research Center. "They were mostly five to eight feet, and a couple were 10 to 12 feet." Wednesday's sightings come on the heels of another sighting off the Santa Cruz wharf late Saturday when a lifeguard and a swimmer spotted a white shark about 250 yards off Cowell Beach. Dozens of people were in the water at the time and lifeguards responded quickly to get them out safely.

"Our life guard at Tower 1 said he saw the shark," Santa Cruz Fire Department Capt. Cody Muhly said. "And we called out and cleared the water."

The sighting prompted firefighters to briefly post a warning sign at Cowell Beach, which was lifted Sunday.

Many people visiting the area on Wednesday said they felt safe and were not concerned.

"I'll keep a closer eye, but it's part of swimming in the ocean," Tamara Kleycontini said. "The sharks live there."

Experts said shark sightings off the coast of Santa Cruz are not unusual. What is uncommon is spotting young sharks.

Marine biologists believe they may be heading north because waters in the Bay Area are now warmer in the past due to El Nino.


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1 posted on 06/23/2016 12:22:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Hello :O

2 posted on 06/23/2016 12:30:07 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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Not that unusual. I spent a lot of years kayaking out there and there have always been great white sharks. Just 20 miles north is Ano Nuevo, a breeding ground for elephant seals and with a huge population of sea lions as well, making it a feeding ground for sharks, part of the red triangle on the west coast. Just to the south is Monterey Bay which is also a food source for great whites. As a whole shark populations have been increasing as there are a number of federal laws protecting great whites.
3 posted on 06/23/2016 12:33:36 PM PDT by Teotwawki (For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
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the future of surfing
4 posted on 06/23/2016 12:33:58 PM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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oops

the future of surfing

5 posted on 06/23/2016 12:37:21 PM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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Hmmm, i clicked that but it says document not found.


6 posted on 06/23/2016 12:40:27 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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Surprised Obama hasn’t changed the name.


7 posted on 06/23/2016 12:40:30 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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Lawyer convention in town?


8 posted on 06/23/2016 12:41:14 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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Well, it is almost Shark Week ya know.


9 posted on 06/23/2016 12:42:32 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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i fixed it in post # 5


10 posted on 06/23/2016 12:43:17 PM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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11 posted on 06/23/2016 12:45:14 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (This posting is a microaggression.)
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To: bankwalker

Oh yeah , I have watched a number of videos on the wave pool they built.

Have to say that is very cool.

But it cannot make wave like the ones at Shipstern Bluff :O

12 posted on 06/23/2016 12:45:48 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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13 posted on 06/23/2016 12:46:44 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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We’ve had a 16 footer working the seals in Coos Bay, OR.


14 posted on 06/23/2016 12:58:48 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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Great line about Great Whites: “I’ll keep a closer eye, but it’s part of swimming in the ocean,” Tamara Kleycontini said. “The sharks live there.”


15 posted on 06/23/2016 12:59:57 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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Santa Cruz is a very liberal city—the even wrote a book about it, I believe, called “The Leftmost City”. Coalition of lesbians, feminists, socialists, communists, and radical environmentalists have stopped every needed project there for decades.

Time for a group swim...


16 posted on 06/23/2016 1:10:22 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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“Great White Sharks”

Ray-ciss sharks!


17 posted on 06/23/2016 1:31:28 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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It’s summer time

A lot of fishing boats chum the Monterey Bay waters


18 posted on 06/23/2016 1:34:21 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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19 posted on 06/23/2016 1:50:06 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Exhibiting their white privilege, no doubt.


20 posted on 06/23/2016 1:50:49 PM PDT by TomGuy
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