Possible shark off the coast of Wildwood NJ beach

• VisitNJShore Editor


• 16 Jun 2015

This past weekend beach-goer  Karissa Kerns snapped this pic in Wildwood, New Jersey right after it washed up on the beach early afternoon. People on Facebook are pretty convinced a shark attacked the dolphin that washed up on the beach Saturday, June 13, 2015.  NBC10 spoke to Bob Schoelkopf, the founding director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, NJ and said, “he has been unable to investigate because no one has told them what was done with the dolphin’s body.”  Also Ashley Shimp sent us a photo she snapped the photo below on the North Wildwood beach around 2nd street over the weekend.  Finally, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigintine, NJ has chimed in via their Facebook page with their hypothesis.  Share this article with your friends and let us know what you think happened in the comments below.

This is not the first time sharks have been tied to the Jersey Shore.  In 1916 there was a similar incident off the coast of Long Beach Island.  Some say the stories of 1916 influenced the movie Jaws.