Santa Cruz and Monterey sit at the edge of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, where a massive upwelling fuels the richest marine food web on the West Coast — drawing great white sharks into the bay to hunt elephant seals and sea lions directly offshore from the region's most popular surf breaks. SharkWatch monitors confirmed white shark detections and incidents from Santa Cruz south to Carmel and pushes a real-time alert when a verified event happens at or near your saved spot.
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Incidents our system tracked within 200km in the last 90 days. Alerts only fire for confirmed events.
No shark incidents tracked within 200km of Santa Cruz / Monterey, CA in the last 90 days — that's exactly when a surprise sighting matters most.
Lulu's Law was signed June 26, 2026 — Amber-Alert-style shark warnings are coming. But the FCC has 180 days to build them (~late December), and they only fire after an attack, where it happened. SharkWatch alerts you to confirmed bites and sightings near Santa Cruz / Monterey, CA all summer.
Become a SharkWatch member ($19 once, lifetime), install the web app to your phone's home screen, and save Santa Cruz / Monterey, CA as your beach. When a shark bite or sighting is confirmed within 200km, your phone gets a push alert.
SharkWatch confirms incidents from multiple independent news domains or an official report (lifeguards, police, beach authority) before alerting. Lulu's Law was signed June 26, 2026, but the FCC has 180 days to build the federal system — alerts aren't expected until ~late December 2026, and they only fire after an attack.
No. You save beach regions; we match confirmed incidents to those regions. The app never follows your phone around.
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