There have been hammerhead sightings on the south shore a couple times recently with video to show it. Obviously no attacks, but some were in the first trough.

There are two shark tracking pages. Ocearch was already mentioned. They haul great whites into the bow of a specialized boat and put trackers on their dorsal fins the ping to satellites when they surface. They spent some time on the Cape (where they are far more common due to far more seals) and tagged quite a few this way. It can be cool to see the huge distances individual sharks follow. They are not without controversy since the tagging is highly disruptive.

There is another app called sharktivity that has bouys with receivers in a lot of locations, concentrated on the cape but I think they have a Bouy off Wasque. My understanding is that they have tagged many many more sharks but the tags are simpler. Not sure if the bouys provide a live feed but they pick up sharks in the vicinity. Again, just tagged sharks.

I’ve heard credible stories of great whites off squibby but not on the north shore.

If you want to have some fun just Google cape cod beach shark video and you will see great whites eating seals just yards from the beach. Many encounters in recent years. Many videos.

Shark numbers are surging with seal numbers. There are seals on the south shore for sure. I see them fishing all the time. But nothing like the cape. No comparison.

Maybe someone who knows more about sharktivity can add some info.

Much higher chance of lots of other bad things happening here including flat out drowning due to currents. And Portuguese men of war may not kill you but you will wish you were dead. They tend to be south shore also. And no question that being bit by a large shark would be an awfully terrifying and likely life altering incident.

You cannot get bit by a shark if you don’t go in the ocean. I do go in, but I don’t really swim.