{"id":425966,"date":"2026-04-30T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425966\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:01:09","slug":"sharks-aggressive-behavior-shuts-down-2-mile-stretch-of-huntington-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425966\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark’s ‘Aggressive Behavior’ Shuts Down 2-Mile Stretch of Huntington Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Predictions of a \u201csharky summer\u201d around SoCal beaches don\u2019t seem too far-fetched. For the second time in a week, a portion of Huntington Beach, California has been closed off to the public following the sighting of a shark exhibiting \u201caggressive behavior\u201d near shore.<\/p>\n

The nine to 10-foot great white was spotted at Sunset Beach while actively feeding on a sea lion carcass. Lifeguards closed the water for a mile in each direction at North Pacific Avenue and 12th street (Sunset Beach Tower 12) for 48 hours as a precaution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shark was exhibiting aggressive behavior near shore,\u201d wrote Huntington Beach Lifeguards<\/a> on Instagram Wednesday. \u201cIn addition to the inherent danger posed by a great white shark in the area, the risk increases when they are actively feeding on large food sources.\u201d<\/p>\n

An Uptick in Shark Activity<\/p>\n

The Jack\u2019s Surfboards Pro was put on hold<\/a> just last week at the Huntington Beach pier due to nearby shark activity. Another beach closure happened just a few miles south in Newport Beach in March as well, after\u00a0a woman alerted lifeguards that a shark had circled her in the water.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, experts have warned that Southern Californians should expect an uptick in shark activity this summer thanks to a marine heat wave and incoming El Ni\u00f1o that could drive more sharks north from Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think the warmer water is giving females a chance to give birth earlier. The temperatures are better for their pups. We don\u2019t know that for sure. We just know that we started seeing babies around the end of February, which we typically don\u2019t start to see until April,\u201dChris Lowe, a professor of marine biology and director of California State University Long Beach\u2019s\u00a0Shark Lab<\/a>, told\u00a0The Inertia.<\/a> \u201cThat suggests it\u2019s going to be a sharky summer. The last time we had conditions like this was 2015, and that was a sharky summer because it got so warm in Baja that a lot of the juveniles that are normally born and live in Baja got pushed up into California.\u201d<\/p>\n