{"id":4252,"date":"2020-10-05T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:02:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:02:51","slug":"several-great-white-sharks-spotted-near-torrey-pines-state-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4252","title":{"rendered":"Several Great White Sharks Spotted Near Torrey Pines State Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several juvenile great white sharks were spotted last week near Torrey Pines State Beach and Flat Rock Beach.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sharks were seen rather close to the shore, only yards away from surfers who appeared to be unaware of their presence. The exact number of sharks is unknown, but it has been reported that there were at least five and possibly as many as a dozen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A shark advisory was in effect as of Thursday and signs have been posted to alert beachgoers and surfers. According to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, there are currently no plans to close beaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sharks were initially spotted by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) employees who promptly notified local lifeguards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lyall, Bellquist, a marine fisheries scientist from The Nature Conservancy, said that shark sightings have become more common in recent years. He also noted that juvenile sharks, like the ones seen in San Diego, are &#8220;pretty harmless&#8221; to humans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It\u2019s not until the sharks get 10 foot or greater when they start to eat larger prey items,&#8221; he said, adding that for juvenile sharks, &#8220;the focus is on fish, not people.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t the first time sharks have been spotted near San Diego. Just this past summer there were two separate instances of shark sightings in Coronado.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5 juvenile Great White Sharks off blacks beach\/Torrey Pines 5-7 feet just cruising. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox5sandiego?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fox5sandiego<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sharks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/heat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#heat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/glassywater?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#glassywater<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lWA7Xuanlp\">pic.twitter.com\/lWA7Xuanlp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jaime Chambers (@jaimechambers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaimechambers\/status\/1311807874046148615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elevy\/14730744390\/\">Photo by Elias Levy via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1601678131701_1003\" class=\"view sub-photo-title-desc-view requiredToShowOnServer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba\u00a0 Several juvenile great white sharks were spotted last week near Torrey Pines State Beach and Flat Rock Beach.\u00a0The sharks were seen rather close to the shore, only yards away from surfers who appeared to be unaware of their presence. The exact number of sharks is unknown, but it has been reported&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Several Great White Sharks Spotted Near Torrey Pines State Beach - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4252\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Several Great White Sharks Spotted Near Torrey Pines State Beach - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Michael Palomba\u00a0 Several juvenile great white sharks were spotted last week near Torrey Pines State Beach and Flat Rock Beach.\u00a0The sharks were seen rather close to the shore, only yards away from surfers who appeared to be unaware of their presence. 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