Jaws 2 was filmed in Navarre Beach, Florida, which is about 20 miles from Pensacola where I lived at the time. They based camp at the Holiday Inn Navarre, which had a Holidome interior and is seen in the opening scene with the band playing. Sadly the Holiday Inn is no longer there, was demolished in a hurricane in 1995.
I made a couple of trips to the area to see any filming, only saw the director working on shots he had in mind, I guess a planning stage. I did see the sharks, they had about 5 of them on little trailers that would probably be used for Ski-dos. A chain link fence surrounded them and had canvas so you couldn't see the sharks directly but by going up to the second floor you could look down on them. I took some photos of everything but those pictures are long lost.
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