Peter Benchley sure knew what he was talking about when he wrote &quot;Jaws&quot;, and IMO it was no coincidence that the filming of the movie took place at the Cape and not off Long Island. I&#039;ve been going up to the Cape since the early 1960s and hearing of Great White Sharks off the coastline is no major surprise, believe me. I would not be surprised to hear of Great Whites off the coast of Connecticut these days either.