OCEARCH noted that the ping was detected around 10:30 a.m. off the coast of Gulf Coast.
Shark research group OCEARCH announced that they had detected the tracking signal (also known as a “ping”) of Simon, a 434-pound, 9-foot-6 juvenile white shark off the coast of Long Island. Tuesday morning, May 2.
OCEARCH noted that the ping was detected around 10:30 a.m. off the coast of Gulf Coast. When the shark’s dorsal fin, tagged with a tracking device, emerges from the water, there is a thud.
The public can track Simon’s whereabouts through OCEARCH’s tracker Click here.
Simon was initially captured, tagged and released in December 2022 off the coast of Georgia. OCEARCH said Tuesday’s ping represented the closest ever sighting of a shark to land.
