“You are paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,” is not something you want to hear when you’re enjoying a day at the beach. But that’s exactly what beachgoers in California heard broadcast from a helicopter loudspeaker as they paddle boarded in the waters off Capistrano Beach in Orange County on Wednesday. Lifeguards “are advising that you exit the water in a calm manner.
The sharks are as close as the surfline,” Orange County Sheriff Deputy Brian Stockbridge is heard saying on a video shot from a helicopter overlooking the beach.The school of sharks was spotted by Orange County Sheriff’s Duke 1 helicopter around 1:30 p.m. Jason Young, Orange County’s lifeguards chief, said they received two reports of shark sightings in the Capistrano Beach area, the OC Register reported. READ MORE
I hope they don’t decide to cull the sharks in that area. But it seems to be the popular thing to do. Rather than just staying out of those particular waters for a bit til the heat dies down and the sharks move on, they choose to cull them for the selfish reasons that people like to swim there. Find somewhere else to swim for a while. Let the sharks have their swim for a bit.