Shark attacks in NC - wwyd?

[Anonymous]

We were in obx for a week, almost no one on the beach got in. We can do better with shark nets rather than culling.

[Anonymous]

We were in the OBX last week - on Hatteras Island - and there were three shark attacks close by (Waves, Avon, and Ocracoke) while we were there.

There were definitely far fewer people in the water than usual. We all went in the water, but did not even get to waist depth. Luckily, we were staying in Frisco, and the beach there has a consistent sandbar which forms a huge pool of water on the beach side of the sandbar. We spent tons of time in that pool. It was perfect for the kids, and the adults also enjoyed getting wet there without fear of sharks. Past the sandbar, no one went in past knee depth.

We also spent time on the sound side of the island.

As a PP said, avoid swimming near fishing piers.

[Anonymous]

I'm a NC native, and I am staying out of the water above my ankles.

A friend of mine shared a video she filmed last week where there were THREE five foot+ bull or tiger sharks swimming together at shore -- couldn't have been more than two feet of water (the second dorsal was sticking out of the water as well as the first, that's how shallow it was!).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know but we're going to OBX in three weeks and I'm also uneasy about the whole thing. DH will not let me say anything to the kids about it (good call on his part). I'm going to start flipping out if they go in past their ankles. We will also have a pool at the house, though.

FYI, the area of the shark attacks is far away from OBX.

We've been watching the shark tracker - with the kids- sporadically for the past two years. It does appear as though there is more activity of the TAGGED ones in that general area meanwhile when we first started there was one that got sort of close- made it in the news and that's it. I'm overall nervous myself given it was in shallow water.
http://www.ocearch.org/

If you've ever gone deep sea fishing, notice how close the Outer Banks are to the continental shelf? Much less of a commute for sharks to dine on beach goers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were in the OBX last week - on Hatteras Island - and there were three shark attacks close by (Waves, Avon, and Ocracoke) while we were there.

There were definitely far fewer people in the water than usual. We all went in the water, but did not even get to waist depth. Luckily, we were staying in Frisco, and the beach there has a consistent sandbar which forms a huge pool of water on the beach side of the sandbar. We spent tons of time in that pool. It was perfect for the kids, and the adults also enjoyed getting wet there without fear of sharks. Past the sandbar, no one went in past knee depth.

We also spent time on the sound side of the island.

As a PP said, avoid swimming near fishing piers.

And the Marine who was bitten in Topsail.