A Shark Named Snoop: This Week's Cape Cod Shark News, Sightings

CAPE COD, MA — Shark sightings continue to grow in the waters along Cape Cod this week, with a number of recognized sharks spotted this week alone.

According to the Sharktivity app, there have been about 30 confirmed shark sightings in the Cape Cod area, which doesn't include a few unconfirmed reports from the app.

Swimming at Head of the Meadow Beach in Truro was shut down for an hour on Thursday after a shark sighting, the Sharktivity app reports. If you can believe it, the shark was known in the area as "Snoop Dogg".

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This came after three sharks were detected in the waters off Nauset Beach on Wednesday morning, according to the Sharktivity app.

All three sharks were detected at the same buoy. A shark named "Luke" was detected first, at 2:36 a.m., then "Kendel" was detected at 7 a.m., and, finally, Granese was detected at 7:54 a.m.

Another shark sighting was confirmed at 9:44 a.m. in the waters off the Chatham Lighthouse beach. That shark was spotted swimming south, about 100-yards from shore.

"Luke" was also detected in the waters off Newcomb Hollow Beach on Tuesday at 11:22 p.m., according to the app.

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A great white shark named "Mr. Spot Claw" was spotted in the waters off Nauset Beach over the weekend, according to the Sharktivity app. It was one of just 11 confirmed shark sightings on the Cape this weekend.

The shark was detected by the Nauset Beach receiver on Saturday at 10:15 a.m., the app said. Beachgoers were notified and a heightened swimming advisory remains in place, but the beach was never closed.

NBC Connecticut compiled some of the images captured by the cameras used by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy's cameras. See them here.