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The blacktip dispatch.

Three separate signals, one short sign-up. Pick the ones that match how you use the water — research reader, seasonal surfer, or someone who wants to know the moment a blacktip is named in an incident at the inlet.

The dispatch

Know before you paddle out.

Written in New Smyrna Beach, for people who are actually in the water. Choose exactly what you want to hear about — no filler, no sales pitch, unsubscribe any time.

What should we send you?

Blacktip UpdatesMonthlySpecies science, research findings, NSB field notes and the best of what our news desk surfaces. Roughly monthly.Migration AlertsSeasonalA heads-up when the blacktip run turns on or off — water temps, bait movement and the shift into and out of the high-activity months.Inlet Incident AlertsAs it happensAn alert every time a blacktip shark is named in a bite or attack on a person around the New Smyrna Beach inlet, with the official record at nsbsharkbite.com.

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The main dispatch

Blacktip Updates

Species science, research findings, NSB field notes and the best of what our news desk surfaces. Roughly monthly.

Seasonal timing

Migration Alerts

A heads-up when the blacktip run turns on or off — water temps, bait movement and the shift into and out of the high-activity months.

Bites near Ponce Inlet

Inlet Incident Alerts

An alert every time a blacktip shark is named in a bite or attack on a person around the New Smyrna Beach inlet, with the official record at nsbsharkbite.com.

How the inlet alert works

1. Something happens. A bite or attack on a person is reported around Ponce Inlet and the New Smyrna Beach sandbars.

2. We verify the species. The alert only goes out when a blacktip is named or strongly indicated by officials, the International Shark Attack File, or nsbsharkbite.com.

3. You get the facts. What happened, where, conditions at the time, and a direct link to the official record — no sensationalism, no body-count framing.

Blacktip bites at NSB are almost always quick cases of mistaken identity in murky, bait-filled water. We report them so you can read conditions better, not to scare you out of the ocean.