Its a shame to not enjoy the surf or let our kids enjoy it like we had when we were young.

As a parent is hard to not be over protective.

That said. I spent a time in california on beaches frequented by sharks was always surprised by the amount on surfers in the surf, disregarding the posted warnings of great whites or recent activity of whites.

There they are ...the surfers....soaking in the water..like perfect seal decoys. The surfers taking the risk because they know the probability is low. As noted you should have a larger fear of the wonderbread truck that might take you out...than a shark. You know those trucks lurk right in your neighborhood.

Speilberg even did a film about killer trucks in his early film "Duel"... but i warn you after seeing it you will never want to drive a car again....hahaha.


As noted. Educate yourself on the conditions that put you at risk.

I would personally stay clear of the beaches that have had activity.
Stay away from seals and stained water. Lower you risk of a white making a mistake. Whites are not monsters waiting for an opportunity to eat people.

Last year we did some snorkeling on the cape in spite of the incidents. I will do the same this year. To not enjoy the cape because of these incidents is irrational and not a lesson i would want to teach my daughter.
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Man, Forget about the sharks for a minute, lets talk about these
DAMN HORSE FLIES!!! 100% chance of being attacked!
Enough to keep me out

hahaha...horse flies? You mean the green heads.

If you dont breath...they cant find you. I do not breath when I am in the dunes. Its like being underwater....hahahahaha.

I used to have a blue truck when fishing Nauset beach in the day.
Those little mofos loved the color.
Perfect color match of the traps in the marsh... yeesh !
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Bass hole Yarmouthport is green head capital of the world....
SO thick one day got scared and took the kids back across under water most of the way....
Hate those things... but luv that warm weather:-)

Saw a black lab in Westport once covered in the damn things....he seemed friendly, but no owner around. He kept trying to approach me...unfortunately the pack of 50 or so green heads followed him.
I ended up in the water, as did he....but he didn't get low enough to lose them....saw him twitch every time he got bit, poor guy....felt so bad as they were all over his face...:huh: ...didn't know what to do, couldn't find any owner either, some people shouldn't own dogs

the population is prob at its highest point its ever been for any of our lifetimes. 350+ fish. your a fool if you surf/board the back beaches. like whistling through the graveyard. plus the fact that there are juveniles around - and we all know juvis of anything are pretty stupid in general

I'm WAAAAAY more worried about the ridiculous out of control tick population here on Cape Cod and the vineyard then I am about the 350+ sharks in the ocean....

A $10 blue hardhat covered with grease will get covered with dead greenheads and you won't.

Good to know. Hate those buggers.