The shark traveled over 4,000 miles since it was first tagged in January 2025. See where Contender last surfaced.

Contender, the largest male great white shark ever tagged by OCEARCH, surfaced several miles off the Jersey Shore.

A 9 foot, 8 inch white shark recently pinged off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, and it wasn’t just any shark on the ...

Contender, who measures nearly 14 feet long, is among hundreds of marine animals tracked by nonprofit research firm Ocearch.

OCEARCH founder Chris Fischer joins ChicagoLIVE to discuss the recent sighting of one of the largest great white sharks ever ...

Polar plungers, beware! A 14-foot-long great white shark neared the Atlantic City shores Tuesday, according to the research group OCEARCH. Nicknamed “Contender,” he is the largest male great white ...

The white shark is most likely on the move back down to Florida where waters are warmer and there are more food sources, but ...

An OCEARCH-tagged great white shark named Ripple, first to ping off Florida this migratory season, made the journey with lightning speed.

Contender, a 32 year old, more than 1,600 pound, 14-foot great white shark, the largest male white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, pinged off the coast of Atlantic City last night, ...

A massive great white shark, tagged by OCEARCH, frequently pinged in Florida last winter. Now he's surfaced in a rare ...

THE largest great white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic has been spotted off the East Coast of the United States.

Contender, a 14-foot-long adult great white, has traveled over 4,000 miles since being tagged by a research group in January.