{"id":745393,"date":"2026-07-05T23:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745393\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:03:14","slug":"westport-shark-sighting-leads-to-purple-flag-warning-beach-goers-at-some-locations-not-allowed-in-the-water-fall-river-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/745393\/","title":{"rendered":"Westport shark sighting leads to Purple Flag Warning; beach goers at some locations not allowed in the water \u2013 Fall River Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WESTPORT, MA \u2013 A shark sighting is putting a damper on the three-day weekend for beach goers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Westport Fire Department has announced that at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, there was a credible shark fin sighting which has led to a Purple Flag Warning for dangerous marine life.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MjA5LDMsMSw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/start.masscashforhomes.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mass-Cash-4.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Purple Flag is flying at Westport Beaches which indicates the presence of dangerous marine life, such as jellyfish or other hazardous creatures, in the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Town of Westport Recreation Department, Cherry &amp; Webb Beach lifeguards &amp; Horseneck Beach lifeguards are not letting anyone in the water today due to the shark sighting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WESTPORT, MA \u2013 A shark sighting is putting a damper on the three-day weekend for beach goers. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-745393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}