Cluster Of 20 Great White Sharks Spotted Swimming Off Pacifica
The U.S. Coast Guard spotted the shark cluster off Northern California’s coast about a 100 yards offshore.
The Pacifica sharks were spotted October. 16 from two Coast Guard helicopters flying at about 500 feet altitude.
Schramm said most of the sharks were between 10ft and 15ft and a couple of them were about 18ft. They are considered as social creatures that travel in groups. The Census for Marine Life has reported that there are now 3,500 great white sharks left in the world, with around 220 of them inhabiting the waters around the central Californian coast.
Great whitened sharks have a tendency to return from deep oceans towards the Farallon Islands to give.
Nice Whites within the area are identified to develop so long as 21 ft in size and will weigh as much as 7,000 kilos. They are armed with sharp and triangular teeth that can tear the flesh of their prey. They like swimming in temperate, warm, salty seaside seas. They also have an exceptional swimming ability through the use of their powerful tails, which can propel them at speeds of 15 miles per hour (24 kmph).
The sighting was considered unusual as these fully mature sharks often swim from the ocean toward the Farallon Islands, Año Nuevo, and Drakes Bay this time of the year.
“I might swim and surf somewhere else for a few days”, he said.
According to the Shark Watch website, local youth and other citizens are “recording observations of sharks and rays in the wild and recording the data using the iNaturalist App. This Citizen Science provided data will help us understand the range, movements, distribution and behavior of San Francisco Bay, Tomales Bay and Pacific sharks, skates and rays”.
A cluster of about 20 great white sharks has been spotted off the coast of California.