Before this summer, there were no closures there due to shark sightings, officials said. The beach, which was previously closed to swimmers on Aug. 2 after a shark sighting, reopened at 3 p.m. Monday.

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Notably, the flag, which will fly at Nassau County beaches for a period of 24 hours following a shark sighting, has already been adopted elsewhere on the East Coast.

The flag alert system, intended to warn beachgoers of a possible shark sighting, was adopted a year after a fatal shark attack off the coast of Bailey Island. Posted October 12, 2021 Updated ...

Visitors enter the Shark Experience attraction at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif., on Friday, June 9, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ...

The flag will be hoisted in Mitchell Field, Mackerel Cove and Cedar Beach when there is a reported shark sighting within a quarter mile. Posted May 31, 2021 Updated June 1, 2021 ...

NICKERSON BEACH, Long Island (WABC) -- Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is launching a shark warning flag system after a record number of sightings at beaches across the county. There have ...

The flag — purple with a white shark silhouette in the middle — will also be hoisted in Harpswell when a shark is seen in nearby waters. A shark flag blows in the wind at an entrance point to ...

Beaches in Maine to implement purple shark warning flags like those used in Cape Cod to alert visitors of shark sighting Updated: Jun. 01, 2021, 11:12 a.m. | Published: Jun. 01, 2021, 11:09 a.m.

In addition, the move comes on the heels of Maine's first documented fatal shark attack in July of 2020. A flag warning Cape Cod visitors of sharks blows in the wind at an entrance point to Nauset ...