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CAPE COD, Mass.– OCEARCH’s subadult male great white shark has officially arrived off the Massachusetts coast, pinging near the south end of Cape Cod Bay on Friday.
Quint, measuring 9-feet-8-inches and weighing an estimated 587 pounds at the time of tagging, is part of a broader network of tagged sharks helping OCEARCH build a vast database on migration patterns and future ocean conservation.
OCEARCH’s great white shark, Quint, has reached Cape Cod in a recent satellite ping. This photo captures the subadult male when he was originally tagged in Nova Scotia back in July 2025.
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He was originally tagged just under a year ago, in July 2025, in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.
In fact, Quint marks an even bigger milestone for researchers: he is officially the 100th white shark OCEARCH has tagged, sampled and released in the western North Atlantic.
According to OCEARCH, his recent ping places him near “one of the most important seasonal habitats for white sharks in the western North Atlantic.”
OCEARCH’s great white shark Quint reaches Cape Cod in a recent ping.
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Substantial amounts of prey draw white sharks to Cape Cod each summer and fall, where the thriving coastal environment nurtures both juvenile and adult populations, OCEARCH said.
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Quint and other sharks and sea animals like her can be tracked in real-time using the free OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker app.
