Five ‘great white sharks’ spotted off Cape Cod within just HOURS after spate of maulings off US coast

FIVE great white sharks were reportedly spotted off Cape Cod in just a matter of hours.

It comes after shocking data revealed a total of 22 people have been mauled by the predators in the United States this year.

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The most recent attack happened on Sunday at New Smyrna Beach in Florida where a shark attacked a surfer in waist-high water.

And now five sharks were detected just on Saturday at various points on Nauset Beach.

A great white, known as Mr Spot Claw, was seen near Nauset Beach on Saturday morning, at 10.15 am, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s app Sharktivity.

Despite the sighting, the beach remained open while swimmers were urged to be aware of sharks in the area, Mass Live reports.

Another great white was detected just hours later at 1pm by a Nauset receiver.

According to data from the Sharktivity app, two more predators were detected on Saturday – including a massive 10ft white shark.

Executive director of the Rhode Island-based Atlantic Shark Institute, John Dodd, told the Boston Globe: “We see more detections, but we also have many more receivers.

“We know these sharks have been in this area for a long, long time… millions of years. We’re getting much better at detecting them now.”

It comes after a string of shark attacks in the US in the past year.

Over the weekend a surfer was savaged at New Smyrna Beach while a few days earlier a 28-year-old man had his left foot bitten while surfing at the same spot.

Last month, a teen lost part of her leg after being attacked by a nine-foot shark at another Florida beach.

Additionally, two lifeguards and a 57-year-old swimmer were all mauled in separate incidents at popular New York beaches.

Lifeguard John Mullins was mauled on July 7 on Ocean Beach, while another lifeguard, Zach Gallo, was attacked on July 3 near Smith Point Beach – about 20 miles east.

These attacks came after a 57-year-old was attacked while swimming on June 30 off Jones Beach, around 10 miles west of Ocean Beach.

Meanwhile, last week a great mako shark was seen off the Barcelona coast in Spain.

A shocking clip shows a terrified swimmer screaming as a massive tiger shark swims just inches away from him.

Experts have issued a warning after six people have died and 33 have been attacked by sharks across the world in 2022.

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