Are there any sharks in Shark River NJ? Let's find out... 

July 12, 1916 wasthe afternoon that a7-8 foot long bull shark or young Great White Shark killed an 11-year-old boy and the 24-year-old man who tried to recover his body in Matawan Creek, a brackish body of water about 2 and a half miles from the open waters of Raritan Bay. It's a cinch that there were LOTS of sharks in Shark River that year.

Shark river NJ has I direct link to the ocean so it is very common for sharks to be in the river at any given time there have been many species of sharks spotted in shark river NJ such as blue sharks, mako shark, and thresher sharks I know this as fact because I live in Belmar NJ very close to shark river

Wow lots of critiquing! Our Jersey waters are actually very beautiful and the beaches are clean and a pleasure to visit (albeit ridiculous to have to pay to get on). Thank you so much for representing and giving us a view from under the surface, great video!

It’s amazing how clear the water is compared to the 80s! Manasquan, Spring Lake, Brielle since I was a kid! Down the shore has come along way as far as the pollution. The water anyway, the land is a different story

I once a 16 footer white shark heading up the channel got about 100 yards in and turned around to the open sea. But I’ve seen big bulls in there way up the river very aggressive

I cant believe how clear the water is. Water in New York bight is usually murky because of upwelling of colder water from the continental shelf which flows towards the shore bringing nutrients.

Wow.....this is My State, that's the Inlet I've frequented more than any other! You're just across from an old USCG Station, and some quite decent Viz underwater!! I dove in once from a pier near Klein's with just goggles....the tide was Fierce!!! I knew it was a Tidal river, bu....I didn't stay long!! Just long enough to photograph some small sea life with seaweed covering so much of the bottom. Any other time, I've been on a fishing boat or my Kayak. Nonetheless, my FIRST ever NJ Shore #SweetSpot!!

If you go diving off the end of LBI there's sharks down there in sure bc there's a popular shark fishing area down there

Awesome thanks for the video

It's a surprise to see tropical looking butterfly(?) fish there.

dont kid yourselves any river directly receptacle to the sea Will accommodate the fishes There obtaining various nutrient of the river. Why bet your safety upon pet’ theorisations ?

Behind the apartments ........ good place in close.... good on weekdays close parking also.

I know it well used to fish thear from land and sometimes on a boat really nice place

Most people don't even know that a shark is around until they are already bitten and bleeding out. You were lucky this time.

In other parts of the world the bull shark is called the Zambezi shark and it's been found far inland in Africa Australia Central America

DAMN... lots of fish species

I went fishing On a little charter boat at sandy hook a few years back and we were catching little sharks it boy did they put up a fight

Great

it is not called the shark river by accident!!! lolol....of course there are sharks in there often and have been since the start of recorded history; sharks are the ocean's police and garbagemen so they roam far and wide maintaining order and chomping where ever they can.....gorgeous Jersey!!!! fuck all the haters

We need to ask Chris Christie.

Lived in the area most of my life, supposedly there were sharks a hundred years ago. People do go shark tooth hunting.

Was this pure unsalted water or brackish water?

Hard to believe

I think there are!!!

Did a few night dives in SRI back in the 1980's...never saw any sharks

so....no sharks. good to know.

What kind of fish are the little ones with a strip in the middle?

More fish than some Caribbean reefs.

See any bodies sleeping with the fishes? 🇮🇹

I'm sure you find quite a few bull sharks in that River in New Jersey just like you find a lot of them in estuaries in Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana. I mean they could travel all the way up Mississippi River hang a right on the Missouri then eventually hit the Tennessee River go through all the locks and make it to Lake Guntersville where I live for 8 years in Northeast Alabama which is part of the Tennessee River the reason why I'm saying this is cuz we find a bull shark about 10 years ago in Lake Guntersville. I didn't actually find it but somebody did but they didn't think it was from an aquarium. But of course it's too cold for sharks to exist up there in the winter time it would be too cold for an alligator as well even though they found alligators in North Central Alabama. But hell I mean I've heard of bull sharks being in the Great Lakes making it all the way from the Atlantic Ocean over to there. Those are some very stoic determined and aggressive sharks. They have an amazing ability to adapt

You never answered the question, is there sharks in shark river? Skates are related but not the real deal lol.

But are there sharks in the Metedeconk River?

Definitely ...l padle board in shark river and saw a baby shark.... ...about 2 1/2 - 3 feet....looked like a bull shark...

What is the species of fish with the horizontal band down the center?

Is this where the boys were killed inspiring the movie “Jaws”?

Since when are there Butterfly Fish in NY/New Jersey Water's ?

I do believe there is an old story about a bull shark that went far upstream and killed someone..

So no then 😁

Doesn’t seem like you went very far….

All the people who believe that he’s actually in a river 🤦🏻‍♂️

Obviously not then 😆

AND...............????

I dove jersey for years..When it good, it's great.. Average viz is 15 feet. I seen it way better