Two great white sharks, each weighing over 1,000 pounds recently swam through the Myrtle Beach area while migrating along the East Coast.
The locations of Scot, a 1,644 pound adult male, and Bob, a 1,308 pound adult male, pinged in the Atlantic Ocean near Myrtle Beach during the past several days, according to Ocearch, a non-profit researching and tracking marine life.
Ocearch located Scot swimming off the coast of North Myrtle Beach on Dec. 5 before heading north to the South Port area. The 12-foot shark started off 2024 near Charleston before heading south and arriving near Miami in February.
Scot then began a months long journey headed north, where his location pinged near Newfoundland, Canada in September. Since then, he’s gradually worked his way south, until his recent pings near the Carolinas.
As for Bob, Ocearch found the great white near Myrtle Beach on Dec. 15 around 8 a.m. Later in the day, he was pinged as swimming closer to Charleston.
This isn’t his first time Bob was discovered swimming around Myrtle Beach — Ocearch located him near the beach in December 2023.
Since then, the 13-foot shark swam down to the Daytona Beach area in February before heading north. His location pinged off the coast of Massachusetts in November.
Ocearch catches sharks to capture data. This includes getting a blood sample, attaching tags and taking the shark’s measurements. This information has been used in around 100 different studies.
White sharks can grow up to 4,000 pounds and 20 feet, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They tend to migrate north and south searching for an ideal ocean temperature between 50 and 80 degrees.
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