White Shark Attack – What is Your Risk?

Most of the encounters with white sharks along the west coast of North America occur with mature white sharks in the months between August and November. These months we call Sharktober are when the large white sharks return to the coast after an annual migration to forage on seals and sea lions.

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SHARKS & SUDS The WHITE CAP

SHARKS & SUDS The WHITE CAP November 13, 7:00-10 PM To Benefit Shark Stewards & a Healthy Ocean Join us for a night of film and conversation on surfing, sharks […]

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Sharktober Events Schedule

Why Sharktober? First initiated to promote the successful California Shark Fin Trade Bill in 2009, Shark Stewards created these events to celebrate sharks in San Francisco and educate our community […]

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Occasionally People Get Bit by White Sharks- What is your Relative Risk?

A Stanford study, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment in 2017, finds that despite increasing records of shark attacks, mostly by white sharks in California, the individual attack risk has dropped by more than 91 percent during the past six decades. The study indicates that the highest risk group, Surfers, which have a 1-in-17 million chance of being bitten by a white shark in California.

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