Siesta Key's quartz-crystal sand draws tens of thousands of visitors to its shallow sandbars, where low visibility at dawn and dusk creates the exact conditions bull sharks prefer for hunting. SharkWatch tracks confirmed shark bites and sightings across Sarasota County beaches and pushes a notification to your phone when one is reported 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 Sarasota / Siesta Key, FL 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 Sarasota / Siesta Key, FL all summer.
Become a SharkWatch member ($19 once, lifetime), install the web app to your phone's home screen, and save Sarasota / Siesta Key, FL 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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