VIDEO: 460-Pound Great White Shark Savannah Returns to Brevard Waters, ‘Pings’ Sunday Morning
By Space Coast Daily // May 27, 2018
SAVANNAH LAST PINGED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
ABOVE VIDEO: Tourists and Space Coast of Florida locals aren’t the only ones spending their Memorial Day weekend in Cocoa Beach. Savannah, a 460-pound Great White Shark is also enjoying the waters off Brevard’s most popular beach destination.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA– Tourists and Space Coast of Florida locals aren’t the only ones spending their Memorial Day weekend in Brevard waters.
Savannah, an 8-foot long, 460-pound Great White Shark, is also enjoying the waters off Brevard’s most popular beach destinations.
The young carcharodon carcharias (white shark) is not new to the area and seems to enjoy the Space Coast on holidays. She also “pinged” back on New Year’s Day just south of Canaveral National Seashore.
According to OCEARCH’s Global Shark Tracker, Savannah pinged several times on Saturday morning near Melbourne and Cocoa Beach before traveling north, hitting the OCEARCH radar again on Sunday morning shortly after 10 a.m. near her January 1 hangout, Canaveral National Seashore.
You can keep up with Savannah on her Twitter page.
Mornin Ya’ll!! Spendin #SundayFunday off Canaveral National Seashore! Thank ya kindly to my fintastic friends who are wavin “Hi!” to me from shore and on Twitter! pic.twitter.com/kQdWa3xi3Y
— Shark Savannah (@SharkSavannah) May 27, 2018
Savannah was named to celebrate the people of Savannah, Georgia where she was tagged during Lowcountry Expedition. She is still very much growing but is officially 8-feet 6-inches long and was tagged in March 2017 off Hilton Head, South Carolina.
The “sassy white shark from the low country” has traveled 4,794 miles since she was tagged.
According to the OCEARCH Facebook page, Savannah is heading north with many of her friends for cooler waters
Stay tuned to Space Coast Daily for updates on Savannah and other Great White Sharks that track off Brevard waters.
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