Jones Beach NY closed due to Shark sighting

CrznDnUS1 · Post by **CrznDnUS1** » July 18, 2008 11:48 am

I heard on the news this morning that they closed Jones Beach NY due to a shark sighting. Isn't it a little early for the feeding frenzy? Anyone hear what type of shark it was?

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » July 18, 2008 11:58 am

Wonder if it was a fake sighting like the one on Martha's Vineyard last week (or earlier this week?)

pbans · Post by **pbans** » July 18, 2008 12:01 pm

Thresher Shark Sighting at Jones Beach

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 18, 2008 12:02 pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/200 ... beach.html

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » July 18, 2008 12:05 pm

pbans · Post by **pbans** » July 18, 2008 12:07 pm

ph4ever wrote:

hee hee, I know him.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » July 18, 2008 12:09 pm

This isn't too far away from Jones Beach...sharks are known to swim 50 - 100 miles a day.

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Scientists have determined that a carcass found on a beach on Massachusetts' Nantucket island is a great white shark.

State Energy and Environmental Affairs spokeswoman Lisa Capone says shark experts hadn't seen another great white wash up on a Massachusetts beach in at least two decades.

The 6 1/2-foot-long young female shark was discovered Monday.

An expert from the state's Division of Marine Fisheries examined the shark Tuesday.

Lifeguards at a Martha's Vineyard beach reported a possible sighting of a great white shark last week

MammaBear · Post by **MammaBear** » July 18, 2008 1:41 pm

pbans wrote:
ph4ever wrote:
hee hee, I know him.

Think I dated him once (or twice or...never mind)

CrznDnUS1 · Post by **CrznDnUS1** » July 18, 2008 2:42 pm

MammaBear wrote:
pbans wrote:
ph4ever wrote:
hee hee, I know him.
Think I dated him once (or twice or...never mind)

Fish are friends, or was it fish are food. Oh never mind.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » July 18, 2008 2:47 pm

CrznDnUS1 wrote:
MammaBear wrote:
pbans wrote:
ph4ever wrote:
hee hee, I know him.
Think I dated him once (or twice or...never mind)
Fish are friends, or was it fish are food. Oh never mind.

I thought it was you don't want to be fish food

Seas in my veins · Post by **Seas in my veins** » July 18, 2008 2:48 pm

CrznDnUS1 wrote:
MammaBear wrote:
pbans wrote:
ph4ever wrote:
hee hee, I know him.
Think I dated him once (or twice or...never mind)
Fish are friends, or was it fish are food. Oh never mind.

Fish are friends...not food!

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » July 19, 2008 2:19 pm

Just to update the story, they caught the shark yesterday. It was swimming in Zach's Bay, which is the body of water that the amphitheater sits on and is very popular with young families since it doesn't have waves and is not deep. The shark (6' long) was caught in something like 2 feet of water, and it seems it became disoriented. It was released back into the Atlantic.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » July 20, 2008 10:06 pm

jonesbeach10 wrote:Just to update the story, they caught the shark yesterday. It was swimming in Zach's Bay, which is the body of water that the amphitheater sits on and is very popular with young families since it doesn't have waves and is not deep. The shark (6' long) was caught in something like 2 feet of water, and it seems it became disoriented. It was released back into the Atlantic.

Not Served with Fava Beans and Chianti???

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » July 20, 2008 10:23 pm

jonesbeach10 wrote:Just to update the story, they caught the shark yesterday. It was swimming in Zach's Bay, which is the body of water that the amphitheater sits on and is very popular with young families since it doesn't have waves and is not deep. The shark (6' long) was caught in something like 2 feet of water, and it seems it became disoriented. It was released back into the Atlantic.

Glad they caught the shark and were able to release it back into the ocean without it hurting anyone!!!