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Great white shark Ripple tracked off Canada coast after traveling 350 miles in a week
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Key Points:
- Ripple, a subadult great white shark tagged off Nova Scotia in September 2025, has traveled over 8,000 miles along the East Coast, around Florida, into the Gulf, and back toward Canada in just a week.
- Currently located about 45 miles off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Ripple traveled 354 miles in the past week, marking the furthest north tracking point recorded by OCEARCH for this shark.
- Ripple may either continue northeast around Newfoundland or head northwest into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a key feeding area for great white sharks seeking cooler waters and abundant food.
- OCEARCH, the nonprofit tracking Ripple and over 400 other marine animals, offers real-time monitoring through its Global Shark Tracker app to support research and ocean life protection efforts.
