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Shark sightings aren’t as infrequent as many might think for this popular beach destination. In 2021, The Island Packet reported shark attacks off the island on two separate occasions.
A 10-foot-long, 600-pound great white shark pinged off St. George Island on March 11, 2024. Its track shows pings on the east & west coast of Florida.
When my family moved from the suburbs of Maryland to a tiny Florida beach town six years ago, shark sightings were the last thing on my mind. Instead, my daydreams consisted of how great it would ...
Daigle was killed while swimming with a friend on boogie boards about 200 yards (180 m) off a beach in Walton County, Florida, 8 miles (13 km) east of Destin, Florida. Witnesses estimated the shark was 6–8 feet (1.8–2.4 m) long. Her left leg was severed and she died of massive blood loss. [121] Dr. David Roger Martin, 66: April 25, 2008
On average, Florida has the mildest winters in the continental United States. Average lows range from 65°F in Key West to nearly 41°F degrees at Tallahassee, while daytime highs range from 62°F at Tallahassee to 77°F at Miami. [10] [11] Predominant tropical easterly winds across central and southern Florida keep temperatures warm during the ...
She ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in 2022 and 2023 and in March of 2022 swam as far as the Panhandle, near Panama City. In January, a 9-foot great white shark named Simon pinged twice off the ...
The northwestern Atlantic population of this species is strongly migratory: juveniles, followed by adults, arrive off South Carolina from late March to early May, when the water temperature rises above 20 °C (68 °F). They remain until September to mid-October, until the water temperature drops and they move south to Florida. The movements of ...
In this screen capture, Jill Horner a recent transplant to the area from Buffalo, N.Y., captured video of a shark swimming off Hilton Head Island on Sept. 4, 2022, Labor Day weekend.