Red Triangle (Pacific Ocean)
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. The area has a very large population of marine mammals, such as elephant seals, harbor seals, sea otters, and sea lions, which are favored meals of great white sharks.[1] Around thirty-eight percent of recorded great white shark attacks on humans in the United States have occurred within the Red Triangle — eleven percent of the worldwide total.[2] The area encompasses the beaches of the heavily populated San Francisco Bay Area, and many people enjoy surfing, windsurfing, swimming and diving in these waters.[3]
See also
- The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
- Close to Shore by journalist Michael Capuzzo about the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916.
- Twelve Days of Terror by Richard Fernicola about the same events.
References
External links
- International Shark Attack File
- Monterey Bay Aquarium White Shark Research Project
- PBS White Shark/Red Triangle