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Are there any other “Fin Fanatics” out there? If so, this is the post for you! Sharks are amazing creatures of the deep and the subject of much lore and many a movie. They even have an entire week dedicated to them. Every summer in July, Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel run a week of shark-themed shows. This year, Shark Week is 7/7/25-7/13/25.
Shark Tracker
Shark trackers allow you to see the location of sharks on a map. These sharks have been tagged by researchers for study. The Osearch Tracker tracks not only sharks but also sea turtles and dolphins. According to the tracker Contender, a White Shark that is over 1,000 pounds was down near southern Florida in January, but as of May, they are hanging out off the coast of southern North Carolina.
Shark Cams
Several aquariums and other locales have shark cams installed so you can view sharks in real time.
Check out some of the Library’s Fintastic Shark Movies
Movies with a * are available in DVD and Bluray
After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.
In the ocean surrounding Amity, a small tourist resort off the coast of New England, a 25-foot man-eating predator stalks any human foolish enough to get in the water. At first, the only believer in the shark’s existence is the town’s chief of police, Martin Brody. Brody enlists the help of scientist Matt Hooper and Quint, a crusty old seaman whose life is devoted to hunting sharks. The threesome sets off in Quint’s boat to kill the leviathan. The film that originated the ‘summer blockbuster’ in Hollywood.
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer’s disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace, and nature’s deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air.
When a hurricane hits her hometown, Haley ignores evacuation orders to search for her missing father. Finding him injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by floodwaters. As time runs out to escape the storm, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their fears.
Nancy is surfing on a secluded beach, and finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark. Though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of Nancy’s ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
After a night of partying on the beach, a group of spring breakers steal jet skis and head out to sea. But the fun quickly turns to horror after a head-on collision leaves them injured, bleeding, and stranded in shark-infested waters fighting for their survival.
