If you want to get up close and personal with sharks, look no further! This live underwater cam is beneath the Frying Pan Tower, 34 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina. The tower was built in the 1960s to warn ships of the shallow waters nearby, and while GPS navigation technology means this tower is no longer used for its original purpose, it's an important habitat for sharks, fish, and other marine wildlife.
Although sharks are often characterized as ferocious man-eating animals, there are very few shark attacks on humans each year. In fact, humans kill millions of sharks each year, both on purpose and as an accidental bycatch from fishing operations, which is a much larger number than the number of shark attacks on humans in a single year.
Best Times to Watch
The "Sharks of the Atlantic" cam is on 24 hours a day, however it is sometimes hard to see when it is dark.
What sharks or other marine life will I see?
One of the most commonly sighted shark species at the Frying Pan Tower is the sand tiger shark. You might also see nurse sharks, sandbar sharks, and stingrays.
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