Great White Shark Surfaces Off The Coast Of Ocean County
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Off the Barnegat Peninsula in Ocean County, a nine-foot great white shark was recently spotted.
According to researchers, "Simon," as he was christened by shark tracking group OCEARCH, was penned multiple times on April 30 off the coast near Island Beach State Park.According to OCEARCH, the pings indicate that the 434-pound juvenile white shark actually breached the water's surface.
He pinged further north around Long Branch the following day, and as of Tuesday morning, according to OCEARCH data, he was up in New York pretty close to Fire Island's coastline. Find out where he is right now here. Hali, a great white shark that pinged off the shore of Long Beach Island in April, is followed by Simon, a great white shark named after St. Simon's Island in Georgia, where he was initially discovered.White sharks like Simon are being monitored by OCEARCH scientists as they migrate north for the summer.
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How Many Great White Sharks are in New Jersey?
A huge number of great white sharks are lurking off the coasts of New York, New Jersey, and Cape Cod, trackers of the creatures have said. A map on Ocearch's website allows members of the public to track the sharks for themselves, with each fish having its own name and fact file.
