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Cape Cod, the famous Massachusetts summertime destination shaped like a hook, is renowned for its sandy beaches, quaint villages, historic lighthouses, and spectacular ocean and bay vistas. Each year visitors arrive, hoping to relax or explore all the area offers. Some are pretty surprised to discover Cape Cod harbors unexpected wildlife.

A new study from Cal State Long Beach found that juvenile great white sharks are more common at some California beaches than previously thought. In certain areas, sharks are in close proximity to surfers and swimmers 97 percent of the time.

Great white sharks frequently swim off the coast of Virginia, but they are not as common as other species in Virginia waters. They travel far and are found throughout the world and can live anywhere. It's uncommon, but the largest great white sharks have been found in Virginia waters.

Visitors to the beaches in New York or New Jersey may want to keep a lookout for some fishy companions: The past several weeks have seen four great white sharks swimming near the coast.

There are not many accounts of Great white shark sightings in the Mediterranean. However, legends say it is home to terrifying monsters that roam the deep. The Maltese talked about a "whale-sized shark" that they referred to as silfjun while a 17th-century Italian nobleman named Giovanni Francesco Abela wrote about a sea monster with fearsome teeth that once washed ashore.

Back in 1987, Alfredo Cutajar had the surprise of his life when he discovered a gigantic Great White shark entangled in his fishing nets. When he noticed that his buoys were submerged, the fisherman from the village of 'Wied-iz-zurrieq' in Malta, expected it to be one big tuna or swordfish but not a shark that was much larger than his 15-foot boat!

California is home to some amazing beaches, however, there is a particular stretch of ocean that has a bloody reputation. The Red Triangle is the colloquial name of a roughly triangle-shaped region off the coast of northern California, extending from Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, out slightly beyond the Farallon Islands, and down to the Big Sur region, south of Monterey.

Great White sharkPhoto by Laura College on Unsplash. Tales of monstrously huge Great White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) roaming the seas have been floating around for a long time. Some have even been captured but their size has not been correctly verified due to problems with measurements.

Great White sharkPhoto by Oleksandr Sushko on Unsplash. A massive Great White captured off the waters of Southern Australia was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the two largest Great Whites ever to be caught. Even though it is said to have measured a cool 36 feet, this has since been disputed by scientists.

This is a great exhibit all about sharks. It's the latest display in the California Science Academy in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. From their site: From the tiny dwarf lantern shark to the mighty Megalodon, the incredible diversity of sharks is matched only by their astounding resilience. Having cruised Earth’s oceans for over 450 million years—before trees even appeared on land—sharks have persevered through multiple mass extinctions and evolved into more than 500 unique species. However, as the planet faces the urgent, simultaneous crises of global heating, biodiversity loss, and habitat destruction, a haunting question remains: Can sharks survive us?

In 1988 fisherman David McKendrick found a massive Great White tangled in his nets while fishing Canada’s Prince Edward Island. The shark, however, died before it could be brought to the surface. As per reports, the Canadian Shark Research Center considers the Canada Shark, as the world’s largest accurately measured great white at 20 feet (6.1 meters) in length.

Great White SharkPhoto by Gerald Schömbs on Unsplash. The Deep Blue, dubbed the queen of the ocean, is the largest great white shark ever caught on camera by marine biologists and scientists. Even though this Great White was known to roam the seas since the 90s, it was not until 2013 that pictures and footage of the shark emerged.