Officials recovered a body Saturday afternoon off the coast of Davenport in Santa Cruz County, several miles north of a beach where a woman had been reported missing and a shark had been spotted. Around 1 p.m., Cal Fire firefighters used a rope system to recover the body from the beach south of Davenport. The agency posted photos online of the firefighters setting up a rope system to recover the body from the beach to the bluffs.
Officials initially closed the beloved spot - often ranked among the best in Massachusetts - around noon Thursday while the Harbormaster investigated a report of a sighting, but reopened it just after 3 p.m. due to no further observed shark activity. Thursday's initial advisory also came just one day after officials warned of a strong surf and rip currents expected this weekend.
