It was a busy Friday at Jacksonville Beach as people soaked up the sun after the Fourth of July festivities, and with more people in the water, the higher the chances of a shark bite, according to experts.
– The Jacksonville Beach parking lots were filled with cars with out-of-state license plates — a good indicator of who was out in the water.
“We might just kick our legs in the water a little bit, but we’re gonna be very alert,” a local beachgoer said. Emahiser said sharks are not a huge concern on Jacksonville Beach, what’s more concerning is inexperienced swimmers. “So you now have a situation with sharks chasing their dinner in an environment, which is all churned up because of the surf. So the visibility is poor. And it’s full of people on surfboards with their arms and legs dangling over the side. You can imagine that the sharks, when they’re looking for baitfish, are going to encounter a bunch of people with their arms and legs dangling over the side and make mistakes once in a while.
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