The ocean water temps are plummeting as Thanksgiving quickly approaches, but plenty of great white shark interactions are still being reported along Cape Cod.

The latest instance of a shark being spotted close to shore was off of Nauset Inlet, where a white shark was seen struggling in shallow water while trying to catch a seal.

The apex predator was then chased away by a pod of seals.

“Awesome video of a white shark looking for seals in shallow water,” tweeted MA Sharks, which is run by shark researcher John Chisholm, who confirms shark sightings for the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.

“Also yet another reminder the sharks are still here so remain vigilant if you’re still surfing, SUPing (standup paddleboarding) or using the water,” MA Sharks added.

Earlier this month, two Cape surfers evaded an “aggressive and agitated” 10-foot great white shark off an Eastham beach.

Cape shark researchers also recently spotted a great white shark interaction with a school of bluefish. In the drone video, the fish are seen chasing after the shark.

“Bluefish sometime like to rub up against the rough skin of a white shark to dislodge any parasites on their own skin, or to relieve an itch,” the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tweeted.

“The research team, as well as other shark researchers across the world, have observed many chafing events such as this in the past,” AWSC added. “Sometimes the sharks we see don’t like to be used as exfoliators and try to evade the bluefish school, and other times they just let them rub!”

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Meanwhile, new research has revealed that sharks and other large predatory fish make a surprising number of visits to the deep ocean — particularly the mesopelagic zone, which is found between 200 to 1,000 meters below the surface.

This area, also called the ocean’s twilight zone, has been overlooked as critical habitat for large predator species, according to the study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

“No matter what top predator you look at, or where you look at them in the global ocean, they all spend time in the deep ocean,” said Camrin Braun, an assistant scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “All of these animals that we think of as being residents of the surface ocean, use the deep ocean way more than we previously thought.”

The scientists looked at data from 344 electronic tags over the course of 46,659 tracking days for 12 species in the North Atlantic Ocean, including white sharks, tiger sharks, whale sharks, Yellowfin tuna, swordfish and more.

These large marine predators dive deep into the twilight zone to often follow the movements of a dense layer of prey organisms, the researchers said. The scientists also noted that the predators could be diving for other reasons that are not fully understood.