{"id":616615,"date":"2026-08-02T12:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/616615\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:22:19","slug":"great-white-shark-pings-14-miles-from-long-island-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/616615\/","title":{"rendered":"Great white shark pings 14 miles from Long Island coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Percy was tagged on July 28, 2025 in collaboration with the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station. He was a subadult shark at the time of tagging, weighing 432 pounds and measuing 9 feet, 9 inches long.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Percy, a subadult great white shark, is making moves up the coast of Long Island, most likely heading further north toward cooler waters.<\/p>\n

Tagged just over a year ago on July 28, 2025, by OCEARCH in collaboration with the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station off the coast of Nova Scotia, Percy has made the trek from Canada<\/a> all the way down into the Gulf and back up the East Coast.<\/p>\n

HOW DO HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS INFLUENCE SHARKS?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Great <\/p>\n

Great white shark Percy<\/p>\n

(OCEARCH \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In that time, he’s traveled 4,660 miles, according to OCEARCH data.<\/p>\n

Percy was 432 pounds and 9 feet, 9 inches long when he was tagged.<\/p>\n

ATLANTIC SHARK INSTITUTE TAGS ITS FIRST-EVER HAMMERHEAD SHARK OFF COAST OF RHODE ISLAND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

He was the sixth shark tagged during OCEARCH’s summer<\/a> residency field research study in 2025.<\/p>\n

\"Percy's <\/p>\n

Percy’s ping off Long Island on July 28, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(OCEARCH)<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, exactly a year after he was tagged, Percy pinged just off the coast of Long Island, about 14 miles from Ocean Beach<\/a>, New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In less than a day, Percy traveled from off the coast of Sea Isle City<\/a>, New Jersey<\/a>, up to Long Island.<\/p>\n

MASSIVE 1,400-POUND GREAT WHITE SHARK BRETON RAISES QUESTIONS AFTER IT PINGS OFF FLORIDA COAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Percy’s movements are helping OCEARCH scientists and researchers learn more about young white sharks’ seasonal movements.<\/p>\n

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White shark Percy being tagged off the coast of Nova Scotia in July 2025.<\/p>\n

(OCEARCH \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n

OCEARCH<\/a> is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and protecting sharks, whales, sea turtles and other ocean<\/a> life, tagging these animals<\/a> to track and study their migration habits and behaviors from afar.<\/p>\n

HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Keep up with Percy and more than 400 other ocean animals in real time using the free OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker app<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Percy was tagged on July 28, 2025 in collaboration with the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station. He was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[273],"tags":[100,13047,18,19,17,968,3619,133,172982,4070,107,461],"class_list":["post-616615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-beaches","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-new-york","tag-ocean","tag-science","tag-stay22","tag-summer","tag-us","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117025895986712421","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}