It's still very early in the summer, but already there have been numerous great white shark sightings off Cape Cod.
The most recent sighting was around 12:30 p.m. Friday when a shark was seen near swimmers at Provincetown's Race Point Beach. Researchers also spotted a great white off Nauset Beach in Orleans earlier Friday morning.
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Three more great white sharks were spotted on Tuesday - two off Provincetown and one off Chatham.
Here's a look at some other great white shark sightings so far this season
June 5 - A shark was detected by a shark buoy receiver of Chatham.
June 9 - A shark was detected by a shark buoy receiver between Eastham and Wellfleet.
June 15 - Two sharks were detected by shark buoy receivers in Chatham.
June 16 - A shark was spotted eating a seal off Provincetown.
June 22 - Lifeguards in Eastham ordered swimmers out of the water for about an hour after blood was spotted in the water. No shark was spotted, however.
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Sandy was detected off Chatham.
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Here's a photo of Turbo, a great white shark detected off Wellfleet last weekend.
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Omar was also detected off Chatham recently.
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A person on board a whale watching boat on June 9 captured this image of a shark killing a seal off Provincetown.
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This is one of three white sharks spotted by pilot Wayne Davis on Friday's research trip.
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Jack is another return visitor to the Cape, and was most recently spotted on June 21.
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James has been spotted in previous years and was seen again on June 26 off Cape Cod.
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This great white shark was spotted by the Massachusetts shark research team on June 26, 2018.
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This white shark, James, was spotted on June 26 by a Massachusetts shark research team.
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This 10 to 12 foot great white shark was spotted by an intern aboard a Boston Harbor Cruises trip returning from a whale watch east of Cape Ann.
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This great white shark was tagged off Cape Cod on July 9.
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This white shark was tagged off Nauset Beach on July 13.
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This six-to-eight-foot white shark was spotted off Scorton Ledge in Sandwich on July 15.
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This great white shark was tagged off Provincetown on July 20.
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This white shark was spotted on July 28, killing a seal.
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This shark was caught in a fishing net off Minot Beach on July 28.
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This white shark was unintentionally caught in a gillnet and brought to Scituate on July 28.
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This white shark was spotted north of Nauset Beach on July 30.
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This 10-to-12 foot shark was spotted on July 30.
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This white shark was spotted off of the edge of Billingsgate Shoal on July 31.
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This white shark was spotted swimming by surfers off Lecount Hollow Beach on August 2.
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This great white shark breached the waters off Cape Cod on August 6.
The only thing turning heads in Duxbury Friday evening was a horse in the water. So far, no sharks have appeared yet.
"I don't really worry about stuff like that," said beachgoer Shakim Lewis.
The sharks spotted off Cape Cod were just about 100 yards from the beach, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.
"Still scares the living daylights out of me," said Pete MacKinnon, who was enjoying Duxbury Beach Friday. Sharks have been seen there in the past.
"Of course I'm nervous, but they're a fact of life here," said Duxbury resident Kerry McNulty.
Typically, mid-June is when most great white sharks arrive in the New England area. Last year was a particularly active year for great whites off Cape Cod, with dozens of sightings and several beach closures due to sharks being spotted swimming close to shore.
Department of Marine Fisheries Scientist Greg Skomal was using his GoPro to track white sharks off Cape Cod when the shark approached his camera.
