[Capt. Tom]

The regular shark detection buoys are only checked about once a month for the pings.

Beachgoers and bathers want immediate notification of the shark pings, so this is a step in that direction. But remember his will only detect TAGGED sharks , and untagged sharks greatly outnumber the tagged ones, and wont be detected.

There is on going work being done in South Arica and other places for real time shark detection buoys that will detect both tagged and untagged sharks near the buoy. These buoys when perfected to detect untagged sharks will of course cost much more money.

On Cape Cod the real time buoys will involve many beach closures since the sharks regularly swim by the real time buoys as a matter of course and are not interested in a meal.

So expect plenty of beach closures to swimming where these buoys are deployed. Pings and sightings are not the same. -Tom

[Michael.SF.]

They've had a system for years:

[genetic homophobe]

Well I’ve deeply offended my ex friends from Cape Cod. They are a special breed of liberal lol.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[catnipman]

i heard that shark detection system only works for sharks that have lasers ...

[Equine1952]

I hope the system works, my skeptical self firgures it’s like Bengay on a bad knee. Feels better but your knee in still screwed up. Big whites eat meat. People are mostly meat. Viola a match!

Bass like frogs. Jitterbug lures look like frogs. Damn that rascal broke me off. Just saying

[KarlInOhio]

I just use Shazam to check for the Jaws theme playing.

It's OK. That's the Flipper theme, so it's just a dolphin.

[Capt. Tom]

On Cape Cod the real time buoys will involve many beach closures since the sharks regularly swim by the real time buoys as a matter of course and are not interested in a meal.

So expect plenty of beach closures to swimming where these REAL TIME buoys are deployed. Pings and sightings are not the same. -Tom

Today, Sunday Aug 23, 2020 is an example of these beach closures caused by real time buoy PINGS, from TAGGED SHARKS-Tom

MA Sharks 🦈 @MA_Sharks · SHARK ALERT‼️ Newcomb Hollow, Wellfleet, is closed to swimming until 4:40 following a ping from the receiver.

Newcomb Hollow, Wellfleet - water closure continued through 3:05 following ping from receiver.

SHARK ALERT Newcomb Hollow, Wellfleet is closed to swimming until 2:22 following a ping from the receiver.

SHARK ALERT Newcomb Hollow, Wellfleet is closed to swimming until 1:05 following a ping from the receiver.

SHARK ALERT Maguire Landing is closed to swimming until 11:38 following a ping from the receiver. (Tom here) and there is an estimated 3 or more times as many UNTAGGED sharks around, than the TAGGED sharks, and the TAGGED SHARKS will give The PINGS on these REALTIME BUOYS. -Tom