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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

I had forgotten that many people become very ill with lung problems when we have a red tide bloom that kills the marine life, particularly fish. I believe this is a greater problem on the gulf side because we don't have tide movements as great as the Atlantic side.

On the other hand, the densest population of sharks who can actually be seen swimming in shallow water along with the tourists wading in the water is at New Smyrna Beach, just south of Daytona Beach. You can count on an aerial video of the sharks among the people being shown on the evening news each summer.

New Smyrna Beach is called the shark bite capitol of the U.S. In this video you can see a shark a few feet from shore, with swimmers farther out.

Video shows shark near bathers - YouTube

Just the other night on TV I saw where sharks by the thousands migrated close to shore in that area. Hammerheads were preying on the smaller sharks. All of them were in shallow water near the shore. The gulf stream apparently funnels the sharks through the area.