Contender

Contender is the largest documented great white shark ever tagged by OCEARCH. Since being tagged in January 2025 off the Florida–Georgia coast, he has reappeared multiple times along the Atlantic, offering researchers a rare look at the movements of one of the ocean’s most iconic predators. With Shark Week approaching, Contender has become one of the most closely followed great whites, and his journey can be tracked in near real time through OCEARCH’s public tracker.