During the summer of 1926, there had been scattered reports of shark sightings at the Jersey Shore, from a thresher shark attacking a boat off Seabright, to a 9-foot record sand shark being caught at Beach Haven.
These stories were of interest to fishermen, but most bathers were unaware of them. Patricia Heyler in her book Shark Attacks of the Jersey Shore explained that was about to change.
“Tuesday, August 24, 1926 started out like any other summer day at the Jersey shore during the 1920’s.
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