00:02Warmer ocean water is bringing more sharks to Southern California,
00:05including species that usually don't show up here.
00:11In Newport Beach, lifeguards are seeing more shark activity during what experts say has been an active season.
00:19Marine scientist Amanda Ho says the marine heat wave is helping drive the increase.
00:23Even since February, with this marine heat wave, is waters warming and more sharks appearing.
00:30And as marine heat waves become more frequent and intense, even more unusual species could move north.
00:35So what we saw with the last El Nino were warmer water shark species coming up from Baja.
00:41There were some hammerheads, some tigers and bull sharks, and they even saw a whale shark off Catalina last time.
00:49So this time could be very similar.
00:53That's why Newport Beach lifeguards are working with marine biologists to better track sharks moving through local waters.
01:01Captain Clay Rinker says crews use technology that can detect tank sharks nearby.
01:06It was put out last year, and it basically takes a mark on if we have any sharks in the
01:12area.
01:12It'll translate to any shark that's been tagged.
01:16That information is monitored at the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach.
01:20So we can see all the different sharks that have been detected by these buoys in the last three hours.
01:27But more shark sightings don't necessarily mean more shark attacks.
01:32Ho says better technology and more people looking for sharks are also helping increase detections.
01:39For Captain Rinker, it's another change along a coastline he's watched for more than two decades.
01:44I've seen a lot of things. I've seen jellyfish. I've seen influx of that. I've seen whales.
01:48It's just another sea creature that's shown up on our shoreline, and it's cool to see. It's honestly awesome.
01:55I'm Kai Beach with AccuWeather.
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