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What is this shark (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Mila
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Farnboro John
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Some more details like how far away it was, how big you thought it was, whether you were on a boat or on shore and so on might be useful detail: but given your location and allowing for the fact I've no idea what other options there are, it could well be a small Great White?
John
John
Andy Adcock
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I'd go for Sand Shark AKA Ragged-toothed AKA Sand Tiger Shark. It looks brownish, long tail and they do enter shallow water often.
Andy
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Mila
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The shark was about 5-6 feet that could make him a baby great white or maybe a salmon shark (salmon sharks are very similar to great white only smaller) Today I took a better video. There were two sharks, one very close to shore practically in the surf, but I took video of him, when he was swimming below the pier. He's at around 1:27 into this video https://youtu.be/AjL_7WpCBa4 I wonder, if now a positive ID could be made? We do have great white sharks close to shore in Monterey Bay and in Southern California, but I took this video in San Francisco Bay Area.
Andy Adcock
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The tail looks way too long on the original pic for Great White but the one in the vid looks better for it?
Andy
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Mila
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The one in the picture was distorted by waves in the water.
I sent the latest video to a fishing tour operator in Monterey Bay.
He responded:
Thank you all for trying me to ID the shark.
