{"id":78598,"date":"2025-08-13T02:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/78598\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T02:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T02:12:07","slug":"great-white-shark-sighting-near-beach-prompts-warning-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/78598\/","title":{"rendered":"Great white shark sighting near beach prompts warning in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLocal News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPolice obtained drone footage on Tuesday depicting a 10 to 12 foot long great white shark swimming near the southern end of Richmond Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-12-at-4.49.31-PM-689ba8ef9ca4d-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-16:9 size-16:9 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\tDrone footage taken drone footage taken on Monday around 10:00 a.m. depicting a 10 to 12 foot great white shark swimming near Richmond Island.  David Lancaster via Scarborough Police Department\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-article-header__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy <a class=\"a-link a-link--inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/author\/sana-muneer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sana Muneer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 12, 2025 | 5:42 PM\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>1 minute to read<\/p>\n<p>A 10- to 12-foot-long great white shark was spotted swimming off Richmond Island in Maine on Monday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Scarborough Marine Resource Officer received a report on Monday regarding a \u201clarge shark\u201d seen near Richmond Island and Scarborough Beach, Scarborough Police said Tuesday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ScarboroughPD\/posts\/pfbid0ZtkQrUALursHPuNxmnLZGXJ7fMtiwAPJBT8HfiT5sKHjCRYQPJrtHZPTSSv5oT7wl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Marine Resource Officer obtained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=2801090766749799\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drone footage<\/a> on Tuesday depicting a 10- to 12-foot-long great white shark swimming near the southern end of Richmond Island, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p>The drone footage was captured around 10 a.m. on Monday by David Lancaster, who took it from his watercraft, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=2801090766749799\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video\u2019s<\/a> caption said. <\/p>\n<p>Police said the shark was spotted a second time on Tuesday morning near Pine Point Beach, but there is no footage from that sighting.<\/p>\n<p>Great white sharks can grow to be up to 20 feet long, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/news\/creature-feature-white-shark-carcharodon-carcharias#:~:text=When%20it%20comes%20to%20white%20sharks%2C%20maximum,feet%20have%20been%20observed%20by%20DMF%20biologists.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Division of Marine Fisheries<\/a>. The sharks usually arrive in New England waters in late spring, drawn to warmer waters, and migrate south when fall arrives.<\/p>\n<p>The shark could potentially be near Crescent Beach State Park, Higgins Beach, Pine Point Beach, and the southern tip of Richmond Island, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sharing the information promptly to keep the community informed. As additional details become available, we will provide updates,\u201d the department wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Police requested the public to contact Marine Resource Officer Daryen Granata at 207-730-4356 with questions.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Today newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local News Police obtained drone footage on Tuesday depicting a 10 to 12 foot long great white shark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-78598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78598","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=78598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}