Official: Beach at Robert Moses closed to swimming after shark sighting
The beach at Robert Moses State Park was closed to swimming Thursday afternoon following a shark sighting, officials said. Credit: James Carbone
The reported sighting of a 10-foot shark Thursday afternoon in waters off the beach at Robert Moses State Park led authorities to close the area to swimming, state officials said.
The shark was reportedly spotted just after 3 p.m. near Robert Moses Field 5, State Parks Regional Director George Gorman said.
No injuries were reported.
Information was not immediately available late Thursday about whether swimming at Robert Moses will be delayed or prohibited Friday.
The sighting comes after five reported bites off Robert Moses, Fire Island and Quogue on Monday and Tuesday.
State parks police, Suffolk County and Hempstead town lifeguards have deployed drones and watercraft to scan the water for sharks and large numbers of bait fish.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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