Newly tagged white shark 'Ripple' makes appearance off New Orleans coast
Because he was tagged at the start of the fall migration season, it's unclear where Ripple usually spends his winters.
OCEARCH tags white shark 'Ripple' off coast of Nova Scotia
Ripple, a sub-adult male white shark was tagged by OCEARCH on Sept. 30, 2025 off the coast of Nova Scotia. OCEARCH scientists track sharks like Ripple to understand their migration patterns and how they impact the ocean.
NEW ORLEANS– Ripple, a white shark tagged by OCEARCH in September, has migrated south for winter, and was recently pinged right off the shores of New Orleans.
OCEARCH is dedicated to researching and protecting sharks, whales, sea turtles and other ocean life, tagging these animals to track and study their migration habits and behaviors from afar.
Ripple was tagged on Sept. 30, off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada.
Ripple, a sub-adult male white shark was tagged on Sept. 30, in Mahone Bay off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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He's a sub-adult male white shark, weighing in at 778 pounds and is 11 feet long.
In November, OCEARCH highlighted Ripple's migration trends lingering off the coast of Cape Hatteras, mentioning it's a path many white sharks take.
As the fall migration season wraps up, white sharks are settling into warmer waters for the winter, usually off the Southeastern U.S.
OCEARCH tracked Ripple from his tagging point in Mahone Bay, all the way through the southeastern coast and around Florida to New Orleans.
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Ripple's recent ping off the coast of Louisiana as shown on OCEARCH's shark tracker.
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Ripple could hang out around New Orleans until the spring, or he could travel a little further east, spending time around Florida.
Because he was tagged at the start of the fall migration season, it's unclear where Ripple usually spends his winters.
You can track Ripple and 400 other ocean animals in real time using the free OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker app.