Ripple, a sub-adult male white shark was tagged by OCEARCH on Sept. 30, 2025 off the coast of Nova Scotia. OCEARCH scientists track sharks like Ripple to understand their migration patterns and how they impact the ocean.
Ripple, a subadult great white shark tracked by OCEARCH, made an impressive journey in just a week, heading up the coast of Canada.
Tagged in September 2025 off the coast of Nova Scotia by Tancook Islands Marine Field Station in collaboration with OCEARCH, Ripple was 11 feet, 6 inches long and weighed 778 pounds.
In the time since, the white shark has made quite the trek, traveling more than 8,000 miles all the way down the East Coast, around Florida and deep into the Gulf before coming all the way back to Canada.
ATLANTIC’S LARGEST MALE GREAT WHITE CONTENDER LIKELY HEADING TOWARD THIS POPULAR SUMMER GETAWAY
Ripple, a sub-adult male white shark was tagged on Sept. 30, in Mahone Bay off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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OCEARCH said the white shark’s latest ping puts Ripple about 45 miles off the coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and the shark tops the leaderboard for most miles traveled in the last week with 354 miles.
Currently, Ripple is further north than he’s ever been tracked by OCEARCH. And the nonprofit said he could make two different moves next.
Ripple’s first and most recent pings off the coast of Canada.
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He could continue northeast, up around Newfoundland, or he could venture northwest into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which OCEARCH said is an important feeding place for white sharks like Ripple.
Sharks like Ripple head north into Canada in search of cooler waters and abundant food sources.
In the fall and winter, the sharks begin their journey back south into warmer waters.
OCEARCH tags Ripple the white shark so they can track his movements.
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Keep up with Ripple and more than 400 other ocean animals in real time using the free OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker app.
OCEARCH is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and protecting sharks, whales, sea turtles and other ocean life.
