Avoid areas with fishing
Before you jump in the sea, have a look around the horizon: What do you see? If you see fishing boats, Peirce says “forget it.”
“Whether the fishing activity is commercial or recreational, material will often be being discarded, and unwanted dead fish, fish parts and the action of gutting fish are all putting chum in the water and inviting attention from sharks,” he said.
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Before you go in, watch for unusual fish activity, such as a whole bunch of small- and medium-sized fish jumping out of the water, Hammerschlag said. That’s a possible sign a shark might be nearby.
He also advised to not swim within roughly 50 yards of where someone is fishing from shore.
Avoid dusk and dawn
Swimming early in the morning or late at night can be lovely, but it’s also the time when a shark attack is most likely.
“A lot of shark attacks are cases of mistaken identity,” Peirce says, “due to reduced visibility and identification ability on the behalf of the shark.”
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