The Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach is testing a new autonomous surveillance drone that could patrol Southern California waters and send real-time shark alerts to lifeguards. “It will be listening for acoustically tagged sharks. The Shark Lab, which has tagged hundreds of juvenile white sharks, is using aerial drones to spot sharks from above while monitoring underwater listening stations along the California coast. By 2028, the data it has collected could help officials monitor Olympic competition venues -- from open-water swimming in Long Beach to surfing events in Orange County. “It won’t work if we don’t have tagged sharks out there, so we got to keep tagging sharks," the Shark Lab director said.