Up close and scary: Juvenile great white shark emerges off coast after winter migration

A large achromatic shark has been cruising conscionable disconnected Florida's coast.

The 9-foot, 433-pound pistillate shark, known arsenic "Brass Bed," was detected northeast of Cape Canaveral earlier this period aft her outer tag transmitted a signal, researchers said.

Brass Bed was primitively tagged successful October 2025 adjacent Mahone Bay successful Nova Scotia, researchers told quality bureau SWNS.

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Her latest ping places her on a documented wintertime migration way utilized by large achromatic sharks moving southbound from Canadian waters.

John Tyminski, elder information idiosyncratic astatine OCEARCH, told SWNS the question is accordant with seasonal patterns that researchers observe each year.

A 9-foot, 433-pound large achromatic shark named Brass Bed was precocious detected adjacent Cape Canaveral, Florida, aft being tagged successful Nova Scotia. (SWNS)

"This is simply a communal way that we spot with achromatic sharks astatine this clip of year," Tyminski said.

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He said that wintertime habitats for the taxon mostly widen from the Carolinas southbound done Georgia and on Florida’s coast.

Some sharks proceed adjacent farther.

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"About two-thirds of the sharks that we've tagged person shown grounds of astatine immoderate constituent going into the Gulf," Tyminski said, according to SWNS. 

At 9 feet 2 inches long, Brass Bed is considered a juvenile female.

The juvenile's migration signifier is emblematic for achromatic sharks during this season, experts said. (SWNS)

She was tagged done a collaboration betwixt OCEARCH and the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station, led by marine idiosyncratic Nigel Hussey, Ph.D., SWNS said.

Brass Bed has proven somewhat elusive since being tagged.

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"She’s 1 that doesn’t look to beryllium spending overmuch clip astatine the surface, oregon astatine slightest her tag is not giving america precise regular pings," Tyminski said.

Her caller track, however, shows dependable question southbound on Florida’s eastbound coast.

"Her tag is not giving america precise regular pings."

The Cape Canaveral area, wherever she was astir precocious detected, is known for its abundant marine life.

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"That Cape Canaveral country successful wide seems to beryllium a reasonably productive area," Tyminski said. 

"There seems to beryllium a batch of nutrient astir there. It’s mostly considered a reasonably sharky area."

The shark doesn’t look to walk overmuch clip adjacent the surface, oregon her tracking tag isn’t sending signals precise frequently, said experts.  (SWNS)

Researchers volition proceed monitoring her movements to spot whether she remains on Florida’s seashore oregon heads farther westbound into the Gulf.

Fox News Digital precocious reported connected 2 different monolithic large achromatic sharks. 

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A 12-foot, astir 1,000-pound pistillate large achromatic named Ernst was detected disconnected Alabama’s coast, marking 1 of the westernmost Gulf sightings connected record.

Meanwhile, Contender, the Atlantic’s largest recorded antheral large achromatic astatine 14 feet and 1,700 pounds, returned to Florida waters successful January 2026.