8-Foot Shark Spotted Off Sea Isle City

SEA ISLE CITY, NJ — Another great white shark has been tracked off the Jersey Shore, this time by Sea Isle City, according to researchers.

Dubbed "Jekyll" by shark tracker organization OCEARCH, this 8-foot shark was pinged several times off the coast Monday night.

And as of shortly after midnight on May 9, Jekyll was further north by Atlantic City, according to OCEARCH data. Track his current location here.

Jekyll (named for Jekyll Island, Georgia, where he was found, not the literary character) is a juvenile white shark measuring 8 feet, 8 inches and weighing 395 pounds, according to OCEARCH. He was first tagged by the organization this past December.

He follows Simon and Hali, two other white sharks who have also been spotted off the Jersey Shore lately.

OCEARCH experts are currently tracking the migration of white sharks like Simon as they head north for the summer.

Many white sharks spend time in the area of Outer Banks, North Carolina, before they go north, ad researchers hope to find out when and where they mate.

"Before they go, we seek to study the sharks' condition after their winter south, and in particular, the reproductive state of the adult sharks," OCEARCH Chief Scientist Dr. Bob Hueter said.

According to OCEARCH, this Western North Atlantic White Shark Study is the most comprehensive study of white sharks in the world.

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