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Great White shark tracked near Georgetown County SC over the weekend. Here’s the details

A white shark named Hali was tracked off the coast of Georgetown County over the weekend.
A white shark named Hali was tracked off the coast of Georgetown County over the weekend. OCEARCH

A Great White shark, Hali, was tracked off the coast near Pawleys Island this weekend.

The shark pinged at 7:40 p.m. Saturday, according to research group OCEARCH, which tracks sharks.

The group’s animal tracker showed the shark had been swimming in the Georgetown County area since about 10:22 p.m. Friday.

The female juvenile shark weights 697 pounds and measures 10 feet long.

She was tagged in Nova Scotia in 2021 and was named Hali after the people of Halifax.

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