provoked. when they are born they are completely on their own. the safest place for them to be is in shallow water. reporter: i mean, we are essentially telling people here, don t worry about the baby great whites in the water but does the same thing apply on the east coast? actually, no. there we have adults that are there to feed on seals, and those steels are sharing the, seals are sharing the beach with people so that s a veryy didifferent sisituation, e evenn northern california, i would be a lot more hesitant of getting in the water. reporter: but off the so-cal coast this shark is swimming so gracefully lowe s team is looking to predict the conditions can that will lead to encounters between sharks and people. i am kind of hoping in about five years you will get a rip current report and you will get a shark report. reporter: carter evans, cbs news, santa barbara. duncan: i prefer to stay on the sand. next on the cbs weekend news , a new tradition set to ring out