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Originally Posted by Rabflmom

Have never seen anything like that here in Florida. Some areas have a chalk board that life guards can post warnings of sightings, though.

Generally we don't even close the beaches when there is a shark bite incident. Lifeguards do put up a purple flag which means there could be dangerous animals in the water which ranges from sharks to Portuguese-Man-of-War basically.

For example yesterday there was a shark bite at Pelican Park in Satellite Beach, but the beach was never closed.

Will always remember a surf contest at Sebastian Inlet that my son was in. It was a beautiful day. Early morning sun was shining through the sea green waves that were filled with bait fish........and shark eating them.
The contest was put off for about an hour; but the surfers including our son practiced or just surfed for fun because the waves were good. They were literally surfing with shark surfing next to them as they came in. Some young surfers from New Jersey were sitting it out because of the sharks. Will always remember what they said. :-) " These Florida boys are crazy. They would close the beaches in New Jersey for a week if they saw this many shark!" Here we wait a little while and get right back in.

I believe that bite was by a 3' shark. Bite on the foot.

I grew up in SoCal at Newport Beach and saw sharks all the time in the water. No big deal as they generally leave people alone. If wearing a wet suit you can be mistaken for a seal however.

Far more likely to get hurt or killed driving to the beach.