OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WAVY)- Two tagged Great White Sharks are swimming off the coast of the Outer Banks.
According to the group Ocearch, a 9.5-foot long, 460 pound shark named Danny was last pinged on March 25 off the coast of Ocracoke. Danny was tagged off the coast near the Florida/Georgia line on January 17, 2025. The tag will enable OCEARCH researchers to collect real-time data for about five years.
On March 21, A 13-foot, 1,700 pound shark named Mahone was pinged swimming off Oregon Inlet. Mahone is the largest male shark tagged by OCEARCH in Canadian waters. He was tagged during a 2020 OCEARCH Expedition in Nova Scotia. He is named after Mahone Bay.
Ocearch is a non-profit group that tags and tracks sharks and other marine life. Biologists work to study their mating, eating and migration paths.
