2 great white sharks ping off Virginia coast
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two great white sharks appear to be spending their fall break off the Virginia coast. A “ping” occurs when a tagged shark’s dorsal fin breaks the surface of the water, TCPalm.com previously reported. Researchers first tagged Bob and Tancook in September 2021 near Nova Scotia, Canada, according to OCEARCH. Since then, Bob has traveled an estimated 2,725 miles, while Tancook has logged a whopping 6,949 miles, the organization reported. Tancook’s name “means ‘facing the open sea’ to the local indigenous Mi’kmaq people of Nova Scotia,” the organization said.
wftv.com1,600-pound great white shark pinged off Florida’s Gulf Coast
1,600-pound great white shark pinged off Florida's Gulf Coast Stock photo of a great white shark. Nonprofit ocean research group OCEARCH said a tracking device for Scot, a 12.3-foot-long, 1,644-pound adult male shark, pinged Thursday morning in waters between the southwest Florida coast and the West Florida Escarpment. (Getty Images/Image Source)TAMPA, Fla. — A 1,600-pound great white shark appears to be vacationing off Florida’s Gulf Coast. OCEARCH tracked Sable, an 800-pound, 11.5-foot-long juvenile female, to Florida’s east coast in late January. On Thursday, she also appeared to be off southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast, according to the organization’s website.
wftv.comGreat white shark pinged off Florida’s east coast
An 800-pound great white shark was swimming about 20 miles from Florida’s east coast earlier this week and is now cruising parallel to the Florida Keys. On Saturday, the great white was pinged swimming near the Florida Straits at about 11:05 p.m. EST, the OCEARCH tracker showed. For every tagged shark that make its presence known when it surfaces off of our beaches, there are plenty more non-tagged sharks out there. Researchers tagged Sable off the cooler waters of Nova Scotia, as the juvenile shark was temporarily hauled onto a boat by a hydraulic lift on an OCEARCH research vessel. “Sable is the 76th shark sampled, tagged and released in the nonprofit research organization’s Northwest Atlantic White Shark Study and the third of Expedition Nova Scotia 2021,” OCEARCH’s website states.
wftv.comHali, a great white shark, is located off east coast of Florida
Shark sighting: In this file photo, a great white shark is spotted off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A great white was spotted off the east coast of Florida on Friday. >> Read more trending newsThe great white, a 10-foot, 2-inch long, 697-pound female juvenile shark, was spotted 15 miles off the east coast of Florida on Friday, TCPalm.com reported. According to OCEARCH, a shark research and advocacy group, Hali was pinged at about 10:42 a.m. EDT about 15 miles off the coast of Martin County in South Florida. Juvenile and male sharks seem to travel in a one-year migratory loop consistently from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, down the East Coast, TCPalm.com reported.
wftv.comTwo massive great whites pinged off Titusville coast, and drone spots shark herd at New Smyrna Beach
click to enlarge Photo via OCEARCH/FacebookMarine Discovery Center executive directorChad Truxallclick to enlarge Image via OCEARCH/Facebook"4 white sharks have pinged in over the past 24 hours. more confirmed shark bites than any other place in the world, according to the University of Floridas International Shark Attack File , with303 shark attacks. Dozens of smaller sharks are visible in the footage, likely blacktip and spinner sharks, which are common in the area. "My hair stood up on my arms," said New Smyrna surfer Jeremy Johnston, who shot the drone footage. "I was amazed how many sharks were in that small of an area, that close to the beach.
orlandoweekly.com'Massive' 20-foot-long great white shark off Florida coast leaves scuba divers in awe
Tuesday, during a trip on Walker's Dive Charters out of Riviera Beach, Florida, a group of scuba divers encountered a once-in-a-lifetime experience a great white shark. On average, female great white sharks measure 15-16 feet in length, and males grow to 11-13 feet, according to the Smithsonian. Great white sharks are observed by divers once or twice a year off the coast of South Florida. "Today all of my dreams came true and I got to hang out on the reef with a Great White Shark!!! Bill Walker of Walker's Dive Charters said the great white shark sighting was the first for one of his charters in 27 years of operation.
ocala.com'Massive' 20-foot-long great white shark off Florida coast leaves scuba divers in awe
Tuesday, during a trip on Walker's Dive Charters out of Riviera Beach, Florida, a group of scuba divers encountered a once-in-a-lifetime experience a great white shark. On average, female great white sharks measure 15-16 feet in length, and males grow to 11-13 feet, according to the Smithsonian. Great white sharks are observed by divers once or twice a year off the coast of South Florida. "Today all of my dreams came true and I got to hang out on the reef with a Great White Shark!!! Bill Walker of Walker's Dive Charters said the great white shark sighting was the first for one of his charters in 27 years of operation.
news-journalonline.com'Massive' 20-foot-long great white shark off Florida coast leaves scuba divers in awe
Tuesday, during a trip on Walker's Dive Charters out of Riviera Beach, Florida, a group of scuba divers encountered a once-in-a-lifetime experience a great white shark. On average, female great white sharks measure 15-16 feet in length, and males grow to 11-13 feet, according to the Smithsonian. Great white sharks are observed by divers once or twice a year off the coast of South Florida. "Today all of my dreams came true and I got to hang out on the reef with a Great White Shark!!! Bill Walker of Walker's Dive Charters said the great white shark sighting was the first for one of his charters in 27 years of operation.
dailycommercial.com6 great white sharks tracked off Florida’s coast
The waters off Florida’s coast are known to have sharks, but this news could keep you out of the water. Six great white sharks are being tracked off Florida’s coast, according to CNN. Ocearch, a nonprofit organization are responsible for tagging and tracking sharks all over the world, says six of its tagged great white sharks are currently off the coast of Florida. [RELATED: How Ocearch tags, tracks great white sharks off Florida’s coast]The agency’s tracking system indicated that four of the sharks can be found in the northeast area, while two more are in the southwest ocean region of Florida. Three of the six were tracked in one similar location off the coast of Jacksonville, where water temperatures are 65 to 67 degrees.
Great white shark near Daytona Beach signal of southern migration
Great white sharks are making their move south, an annual migration to warmer climes off the Carolinas and Florida. Two white sharks - Helena and Unamaki- were spotted west of Key West last month. Adult male @Sydney_TheShark is now the 3rd white shark weve tracked off the Sunshine States coast this season. Its also in agreement with a 2014 study Curtis compiled that included a database of 649 confirmed white shark sightings back to the 1800. That attack followed an incident where a man was bitten but able to escape from a white shark a month earlier near the same beach.
ocala.comOcearch founder says people have "irrational" fear of sharks
We are in the middle of the cultural phenomenon known as "Shark Week." But for some parts of America, this may seem like every week. Attacks on both coasts raise new concerns this summer about beach safety, but Ocearch founder and expedition leader Chris Fischer believes people have a "statistically irrational" fear of sharks. Fischer joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss what's behind the worldwide all-time record for attacks, how to keep safe and his latest shark tracking and tagging expeditions.
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