The largest male great white shark tagged by OCEARCH scientists has surfaced again off the North Florida coast.

This powerful white shark was tagged on January 17, 2025, off the FL/GA coast, about 45 miles offshore," the shark's tracker page reads. "Contender is a mature male now contributing to OCEARCH’s ...

A massive 1,400-pound great white shark pinged 3 times in one day off the Daytona Beach, Florida coast and for the 5th time ...

Breton, the massive great white shark who made a shark "self-portrait," pinged off Florida for the second time in less than a week.

Breton was named by SeaWorld, an OCEARCH partner, for the people of Cape Breton where it was tagged. The animal has traveled 40,953 miles since it was tagged, according to its tracker. Breton's ...

The male shark has traveled 79 miles since then, its tracker shows. Danny was named after "one of OCEARCH's biggest fans and supporters," the shark's tracker page states. "By tracking Danny ...

On the tracker, Breton's pings over two years dot the map and link together to show something remarkable. This photo from September 2020 shows the OCEARCH research team as it tags Breton ...

OCEARCH, a non-profit research organization, uses satellite tags attached to sharks' dorsal fins to track their movements. Data collected from tagged sharks like Contender helps researchers better ...

The ping helps provide an update on a shark's position on the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker map. This then allows researchers and the public to follow the shark's movements in near real-time.

When the fin moves above the water, the tag sends a ping with location information to the OCEARCH shark tracker. Contender was tagged off the Florida-Georgia line on Jan. 17. "Contender is the largest ...