Six sharks — including a 1,000-pound great white — were detected swimming along the East Coast early Monday, Oct. 13, as a Nor’easter lashed the region with powerful winds and rough surf, according to the nonprofit ocean research foundation, OCEARCH.
Two sharks were tracked off the New Jersey coast before dawn. Mira, a 9-foot-8-inch dusky shark tagged in Florida in May 2025, and Nori, an 8-foot-10-inch white shark tagged in Nova Scotia on Oct. 4, both pinged offshore as waves and wind intensified, OCEARCH data shows.
Further south, three sharks were detected off the Delaware coast — Brass Bed, Webster, and Cross, all tagged earlier this fall in Nova Scotia. Brass Bed, a 9-foot-2-inch, 433-pound female, and Cross, a 9-foot-1-inch, 377-pound male, were tagged on Oct. 3, while Webster, a 12