Nori, a Great White shark measuring 9-foot-long and 423 pounds, is lurking off the Jersey Shore, according to OCEARCH researchers who tagged her and reported that the tracking device “pinged” on Monday at 11 p.m.
She was lurking in the inky darkness between Ocean City and Sea Isle City, Patch.com reported.
A second ping — which alerts the OCEARCH researchers to the surfacing of each of the 440 sharks it tracks — was recorded three days later in the same area.
Nori’s appearance is a chilling sign that the ocean’s most feared hunters are returning to local waters as they make their yearly migration from the waters of the Gulf.
The massive sharks turn the east coast into into a vicious hunting highway as they feed on fish, seals, dolphins, rays, seabirds and turtles, anywhere from a mile to 15 miles off the crowded beaches.
The carnivores are armed with long, razor-sharp, serrated teeth that act like a hunting knife, designed to tear into large pieces of flesh while holding it tight.
Along with the Great Whites, other species like sand tigers, sandbar and smooth dogfish inhabit the waters off New Jersey and New York during warm months, with populations booming into the thousands due to warmer temperatures and improved water quality.
Shark attacks turned deadlier in 2025 — with fatalities spiking 125% worldwide. There were 65 unprovoked bites and nine deaths, according to Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack report.
There was only one unprovoked bite in New York and none in New Jersey in 2025.
The OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker is also marking the progress of:
As shark activity ramps up along the East Coast, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued warnings to swimmers, boaters and paddle boarders to stay alert help minimize deadly interactions between people and sharks.
