Following a recent incident involving a shark, the Marine and Coastal Resources department will send teams to patrol the Hua Hin coast, including the beaches in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Pranburi, and Phetchaburi, which are popular with international and domestic holiday-makers.
Bull sharks can live in fresh or salt water, and eat smaller sharks, turtles, seabirds, dolphins, and other marine mammals. Scientists say they do not attack people unless they have the opportunity to do so.