We definitely do have sharks on our coast. obviously, the chances of seeing one is EXTREMELY rare, but it has happened in the past. I know for sure that a great white shark had been spotted at coney island, I think it was in the 1920s or so. I saw about it on shark week.There are blue sharks in the area. Up the coast, maybe in Rhode Island, you can do a shark dive. So any sharks they have, we would have as well. The chances of them coming up towards the beach would be very rare, though.
The chances of sharks at Coney Island are remote. Coney Island is a good distance from the open ocean. For a shark to get there they have to swim through an area where polluted water from the harbor mixes with ocean water--take a look at a map of the city. That s one reason why the water quality at Coney Island is usually marginal at best, and why swimming is prohibited beyond a certain street. Sharks don t like polluted water.Seeing a shark, while still rare, is more likely at one of the beaches that directly faces the ocean, such as Riis Park or the Rockaways.Sharks also prefer deep water. Most bathers at Coney Island stay pretty close to the beach. If they go far out, a lifeguard is likely to signal them to get closer to the beach.If a shark does get close to a city beach, it s likely that one of the lifeguards will sight it, and order everyone out of the water.
Actually most shark attacks happen in less than 3 of water and the reason is simple : that s where the food is Sharks exist in every ocean of the world and although rare people do occasionally get attacked -actually tasted -by sharks in NYC waters If you suspect that you are swimming with sharks , stop swimming and float with nothing dangling or moving because the herky -jerky motion of swimming human mimic the motions of an injured fish
Shark sitings near NYC beaches are pretty rare, and most of the sharks that have been noticed in recent years aren t of a type known to attack humans. So it s not really a big concern.Here s an example from Rockaway Beach a couple of years ago:http://wcbstv.com/topstories/shark.thres��
You will more likely run into the Coney Island Whitefish than sharks and in my humble opinion, those are the ones to really look out for.Only about 1% (4 out of 360 species) are dangerous so humans and usualy fine unless they provoke them.
Only at the New York Aquarium.
I heard about occasional ones at New York City beaches in general on news reports.