In 30 years, however, the group had never come across a great white, and it was not at all obvious ... a white shark found dead in November of 2023 in 30 feet of water near Halifax.

The latest International Shark Attack File on the number of human and shark encounters in 2024 is encouraging reading for ocean goers.

I just put my head in my hands and started praying that God wouldn’t take my life and I would live,” Rileigh Decker, 20, said through tears from her hospital bed. “It was very scary.” ...