PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 13, 2020
The Maine Marine Patrol has confirmed that a great white shark was sighted Thursday swimming off Wells Beach, just outside the jetties at the mouth of Wells Harbor. Several people at Wells Beach informed lifeguards that they saw fins in the ocean at around noon. The lifeguards were preparing to use jet skis to investigate, but the Wells harbormaster told them the Maine Marine Patrol had confirmed that a great white had been seen in that area. Lifeguards immediately cleared swimmers from the ocean at Wells Beach and nearby Drakes Island Beach.