'Get out of the water': Terrifying photos reveal Great White shark lurking off Cape Cod as beaches remain shut on Labor Day

More pictures showing white sharks swimming terrifyingly close to the shores of Cape Cod have emerged, as sightings of the dangerous fish ruined yet another holiday weekend for those hoping to take a dip in the ocean.

The aerial shots clearly show just how close two sharks ventured towards the shore leaving beach-goers aghast at the water edge.



The two white sharks were caught on camera just off Nauset Beach on August 30 by a three man shark hunting team, as well as a photographer.



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Lurking: The Cape Cod Shark Hunters spotted this white shark swimming terrifyingly close to Nauset Beach's shore

Petrifying: The fear-inducing snaps were taken just days before a dead great white shark was found washed up on a nearby beach

Dangerous: Two white sharks were spotted off Nauset Beach last Thursday

Just two days after these worrying photos were taken, a dead great white shark washed ashore in front of horrified beachgoers.

The dead shark, about 13 feet long, gave a scare on Saturday morning, as a threat to safety in the water was brought front and center near Rhode Island's border with Massachusetts.

An emergency official says the Goosewing Beach and South Shore Beach in Little Compton, Rhode Island, were closed after a fisherman found the bloodied shark carcass.

Shark on the shore: The dead great white, about 13 feet long, gave a scare on Saturday morning, as a threat to safety in the water was brought front and center

Response: The shark washed up on Goosewing Beach in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and was discovered by a fisherman on Saturday morning

The beach has since reopened.



Shark spotter Greg Skomal, of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Gary Severa told WPRI-TV that he was out fishing shortly before dawn when he spotted what he initially believed was driftwood. A closer inspection revealed that it was a shark.

A number of popular beaches in the area were closed for the Labor Day weekend after multiple reports of sharks, including the great whites, swimming not far from the coast.



The closure is just the latest twist in an unusually shark-infested Cape Cod summer.



Examination: Researchers dissected the shark after it was discovered on Goosewing Beach in Little Compton, Rhode Island

A string of beaches off the shore of Chatham, Massachusetts were shut down indefinitely on Wednesday, making it likely they will be closed throughout the Labor Day weekend.



Fishermen and tourists have reported an unexpectedly high number of sharks in the Atlantic off the Cape Cod coast, some less than 20 feet offshore.

Last week, a vacationing family filmed footage of a great white shark feeding on a seal just a few feet away from their boat.



And in July, a man was bitten in the leg by a shark while surfing off Ballston Beach.



Gruesome: The shark was examined and dissected by officials responding to the Rhode Island beach, which was closed after the discovery. It has since reopened



This weekend's beach closure was partly prompted by Skomal, who said he had seen three sharks up to 18 feet long swimming near the coast, according to the Cape Cod Times .

At Nauset Beach, lifeguards were on hand to prevent people from going into the water other than to get their feet wet.



One woman was asked to return to shore when she was wading knee-deep in the Atlantic, according to the Times.



A sign at the beach blamed 'the presence of marine life in the water' for the ban.



Port-mortem: The great white was cut open on the beach in an effort to determine how it died

The recent influx of sharks in the waters off Massachusetts is believed to be down to the increasing prevalence of seals in the area.



'The elbow of the cape has these large, dense concentrations of grey seals now, and these white sharks go to the area to feed,' according to Mr Skomal.



'Because the seals are so abundant, now the white sharks are paying more attention.'



The shark encounters will doubtless draw comparisons to Jaws, the 1975 blockbuster which was filmed on nearby Martha's Vineyard.

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