SHELL BEACH, Calif.- Since May, more than five shark sightings have been posted across Central Coast beaches and most the most recent was a Salmon Shark in Shell Beach.
"It's their water, I mean it's weird that they come that close up to shore," says beach-goer, Lauren Rodriguez.
"We tend to see an increase in shark bites in sea otters in this area during this time of year, we have Great Whites all year round, we just see a higher level of activity during this time," says Michael Harris, The California Department of Fish and Game.
A majority of the shark sightings have been Great Whites.
"I've seen them before, they don't bug me, I don't bug them they don't bug me," says Jesse Perry, a surfer at Shell Beach.
Unlike Great Whites, Salmon Sharks typically do not interact with humans, but many people often mistake them for Great Whites.
"For Salmon Sharks for instance, they don't have serrated teeth that the Great White Shark does, they have some different keel formation at the base of their tale that's different," says Harris.
The California Department of Fish and Game says during this time of year, sharks typically make their way up the coast where there are large areas of pinnipeds.
