Great White Shark Ripple Travels 354 Miles in a Week, Reaching Record-North Nova Scotia Waters
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Updated · Fox Weather · Jul 17
Great White Shark Ripple Travels 354 Miles in a Week, Reaching Record-North Nova Scotia Waters
3 articles · Updated · Fox Weather · Jul 17
Summary
Ripple’s latest ping placed the sub-adult great white 45 miles off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, after a 354-mile week that led OCEARCH’s recent-distance tracker.
The shark is now farther north than OCEARCH has ever tracked him, part of a seasonal move into cooler Canadian waters with richer feeding grounds.
Tagged off Nova Scotia on Sept. 30, 2025, Ripple measured 11 feet 6 inches and 778 pounds; since then he has logged more than 8,000 miles down the U.S. East Coast, around Florida and into the Gulf.
OCEARCH said Ripple could next continue northeast toward Newfoundland or turn northwest into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, an important white shark feeding area before the species heads south again in fall and winter.