Up close and scary: Juvenile great white shark emerges off coast after winter migration

A 9-foot, 433-pound great white shark named Brass Bed was recently detected near Cape Canaveral, Fla., after being tagged in Nova Scotia.(SWNS)

“This is a common route that we see with white sharks at this time of year,” Tyminski said.

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He said that winter habitats for the species generally extend from the Carolinas south through Georgia and along Florida’s coast.

Some sharkscontinue even farther.

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“About two-thirds of the sharks that we’ve tagged have shown evidence of at some point going into the Gulf,” Tyminski said, according to SWNS. 

At 9 feet, 2 inches long, Brass Bed is considered a juvenile female.

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The juvenile’s migration pattern is typical for white sharks during this season, experts said.(SWNS)

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She was tagged through a collaboration between OCEARCH and the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station, led by marine scientist Nigel Hussey, SWNS said.

Brass Bed has proven somewhat elusive since being tagged.

“Her tag is not giving us very regular pings.”

The Cape Canaveral area, where she was most recently detected, is known for itsabundant marine life.

The shark doesn’t appear to spend much time near the surface, or her tracking tag isn’t sending signals very frequently, said experts. (SWNS)

Researchers will continue monitoring her movements to see whether she remains along Florida’s coast or heads farther west into the Gulf.

 

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A 12-foot, nearly 1,000-pound female great white named Ernst was detected offAlabama’s coast, marking one of the westernmost Gulf sightings on record.

Contender, the Atlantic’s largest recorded male great white at 14 feet and 1,700 pounds, returned to Florida waters in January 2026.