Shark sightings are usually quite frequent off the Spanish coast, especially in summer. A few days ago all the alarms went off due to the presence of a blue shark off the coast of Sitges (Barcelona), which even forced the closure of four beaches for more than an hour. This week, two people who were sailing through the bay of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria spotted a specimen of a hammerhead shark.
The shark was seen on Tuesday, August 2, near the waters located at the height of the Luminous Fountain. Coincidentally, the boat crew managed to record the animal, which, according to the video images, was large.
A shark near the Avenida Marítima in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Shark sightings off the Canary coasts are very common. Up to 86 species of sharks and rays have been documented, such as the angel shark, the hammerhead fish, the Solrayo or the whale shark. Most are usually harmless to people. In fact, the people who recorded the specimen that has been seen on the Avenida Marítima de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, far from panicking, followed the animal with the boat until it was a foot away.
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The video of the hammerhead shark sighted near the Avenida Marítima de Gran Canaria has been broadcast on the networks, where some users have reproached the crew of the boat for getting too close to the animal.
They spot a mako shark off the coast of Garraf
Specimen of mako shark or mako shark observed last weekend.
A few weeks ago, the Cetacean Association observed and filmed a 2.5 meter specimen of a rare species in these waters, the mako shark. It is a species also known as short fin shark or shortfin mako shark is ‘Endangered’, according to the Red List of Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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It is the fastest shark in the world, being able to reach 70 km/h. It can reach 4.5 m in length and feeds mainly on deep-sea fish. They reach sexual maturity at 18 years of age and after a 15-month gestation they give birth to 4-25 pups ready to face pelagic life.