Numerous OC Shark Sightings Raise Questions

Huntington Beach, CA - Think you've seen more sharks on the news lately? Turns out, you're right. 

There have been a lot more shark sightings than usual off Huntington Beach lately, according to area reports. 

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For reasons that scientists have yet to determine, the number of juvenile great white sharks observed swimming along the Orange County city’s shoreline has increased dramatically, in a report from the Los Angeles Times.

“I’ve seen more white sharks this year than I have in the previous 30,” Lt. Claude Panis of the Huntington Beach Fire Department’s Marine Safety Division stated in interview.

Prior to 2015, authorities never had to keep the public out of the waters off Huntington Beach because of shark activity. 

Since then, however, there have been three closures, including one earlier this month after several large sharks were seen in the water about 150 yards off of the coast.