Sharks

Is it ironic that here we are days away from Halloween and we have a shark named "Jekyll" off the coast of New Jersey?

Given the amount of whale and dolphin deaths off the Jersey Shore in recent months, it's a fair question to at least contemplate whether any sharks may come to our coastline.

Multiple sharks were found dead after they had washed up onto the South Jersey coastline back in 2019.

The researchers at OCEARCH believe that it is heading back north to the waters off Nova Scotia after swimming as far south as Florida.

Ironbound is 12 feet 4 inches long and weighs almost 1,000 pounds.

Too close for comfort? Maybe. A 1,400-pound great white named Breton apparently enjoys the waters of the Jersey Shore. He got a taste of South Jersey when spotted in the Cape May area on Monday. He has moved north to our neck of the woods.

This weekend a huge great white shark was tracked off the coast of New Jersey, but it is far enough offshore currently that it should not pose a problem.

Jenkinson's Boardwalk Aquarium is offering free admission for one adult and one child for all furloughed federal employees from today thru Friday.

But New Jersey beach-goers have nothing to worry about despite two sharks being sited off a Deal beach on Thursday, officials say.

Experts say our knowledge, and appreciation, of the ocean's top predator has grown immensely since that bloody 12-day period in early July 1916.

With a number of reports of sharks, jellyfish and even manta rays there's been lots of excitement and a fair amount of anxiety at the Jersey Shore in recent weeks.

Shark sightings off the New Jersey coastline have forced swimmers out of the water more than once already this summer, North Carolina's coast has been plagued by several shark attacks since June, and to top it off, it's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.