Wellfleet beach closes twice after great white shark sightings
Authorities said the tagged shark was last spotted heading North.
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Swimming has been temporarily shut down twice at a Cape Cod beach on Sunday following multiple great white shark sightings.
Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet will be closed to swimmers until at least 12:30 p.m. after a great white shark was confirmed in the water by a real-time receiver.
SHARK ALERT‼️ Tagged white shark detected at Newcomb Hollow Beach, Wellfleet. No swimming until 12:30. Get the @sharktivity app to stay up to date on alerts and sighting. #SharkSmart pic.twitter.com/yBNWVQRvXl
— MA Sharks 🦈 (@MA_Sharks) August 9, 2020
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity App, which is run in partnership with local officials to track shark movements, reported the first sighting Sunday morning around 9:51 a.m.
Authorities reportedly ordered beachgoers out of the water until 10:50 a.m. before another tagged shark was spotted heading North about an hour and a half later.
SHARK ALERT‼️ Tagged white shark detected at Newcomb Hollow Beach, Wellfleet. Swimming prohibited until 10:50. #SharkSmart pic.twitter.com/K8kY5Ulnv3
— MA Sharks 🦈 (@MA_Sharks) August 9, 2020
The Wellfleet beach is one of many that has continued to see closures as sharks have been lurking in area coastlines since August 2.
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