Wasn't exactly thrilled to see the news about the Great Whites tagged off Chatham this past week given the Ptown Swim4Life this coming Saturday! Although they haven't cancelled it, so I guess I just have to swim faster than the guy next to me?!?!!? :bolt:
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Jim B. was right: happy to report no shark sightings! Although there was also no sun which made for a fairly chilly swim (64 degree water temp), and LOTS of stingerless jellies - it was like swimming through jello. Eww. But a wonderful event as always. And I managed to miss qualifying for the Chesapeake 4.4 mile by a whopping 5 seconds. Grrrr...:dunno:
Those sharks were spotted something like 25 miles south of ptown. Unless you are swimming with the seals, I do not think you have much to worry about.
Actually I saw one between N.Truro and P-town while kayaking on Sunday (9/13/09). The black fin was sticking out 8-10" above water just 30 feet in front to the right to my boat. I saw light grey body few inches under water, but not the hole fish - the sun was low, around 5 pm. You understand I did not want to get closer. I also saw pretty big splash in the same area a few days before just 200-300 feet away. I was late to spot who did it, but my wife saw it and thought it was small whale. It definitely was not, never surfaced again. But I did not argued otherwise she will never sit in kayak ever.
That is discouraging. I love swimming from Coast Guard Beach to the inlet at Nauset Marsh and back when I am down there. I was hoping the sharks were sticking around Monomoy Is. I guess I need to accept that they are going to be wherever the seals are. The seals seem like they are everywhere.
I have been considering a kayak supported swim between Coast Guard and Marconi beaches next summer. Anybody else ever tried that? Are those waters too shark infested for a swim like that?
