Shark Tourism Grows on Cape Cod, 3 Years After Attacks

A white shark swims across a sand bar off the Massachusetts' coast of Cape Cod. — A white shark swims across a sand bar off the Massachusetts' coast of Cape Cod.Photographer: Charles Krupa/AP

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By Associated Press

September 6, 2021 at 5:00 AM UTC

Chatham, Mass. (AP) -- There’s no ominous music, no telltale fin breaking the surface as the powerful silhouette of a great white shark glides alongside the small tour boat off Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Michael Simard crouches low and points a finger in the direction of the roughly 10-foot (3-meter) predator cruising in the glassy water below.