Are NYC swimmers facing more shark attacks than normal this summer? Experts reveal what’s going on

Is it a sign of the a-jaw-calypse? Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the New York area has seemingly been under siege from a veritable sharknado in 2026 — with a spike in sightings and close encounters of the big fish kind. This month alone, authorities have temporarily red-flagged or shuttered beaches from Long Island to The Rockaways, where an alleged “swarm” of suspected bull sharks, typically found in warmer climes than ours, was spotted offshore. A sand tiger shark, a snaggle-toothed species whose malevolent looks belie its relative docility. andriislonchak – stock.adobe.com Meanwhile, just a couple of weekends ago, a swimmer was savaged off Jones Beach by a suspected shark — which decided to snack on the poor funseeker’s foot, chomping it straight to the bone