10-foot great white shark pinged off Florida coast near Brevard County

ORLANDO, Fla. - An OCEARCH tracker pinged a 10-foot, 522-pound great white shark this week off the Florida coast.

The data shows the shark near the Brevard County area as recent as 11 a.m. Friday morning.

The shark, who has been named Penny, first was pinged Dec. 23, 2023, off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida. She then traveled further southwest into the Florida Keys before heading into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Penny was pinged again southeast in the Florida Keys area before circling up to waters off Sanibel Island.

The data shows Penny last was pinged in the Florida Keys area March 23 before next being picked up April 17 on the northeastern Florida coast. She appears to have traveled as far north as New Brunswick, Canada, before again heading south towards Florida.

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Penny is OCEARCH's 92nd great white shark tagged in western North America.

OCEARCH named Penny after residents of the Salty Penny Canvas in North Carolina, who helped the organization with custom marine canvas projects that provide a comfortable experience on the water and allow them to operate in tougher conditions.

Penny and others great white sharks, as well as loggerhead sea turtles, can be tracked using OCEARCH's tracking tool here.

The Source: The information in this article comes from OCEARCH and was shared with FOX 35 News.

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