Frosty, the great white shark, was spotted near Myrtle Beach, SC coast. Here’s where
Another great white shark is close to the Myrtle Beach coast.
Frosty, a male white shark, pinged in Long Bay between North Myrtle Beach and Myrtle Beach at 10:12 a.m. Dec. 30, 2023, according to the nonprofit Ocearch, an organization that tracks sharks.
Frosty, Ocearch’s 88th sampled and tagged shark, was named to celebrate the winter season, as the juvenile male was first identified by Ocearch on Dec. 12, 2022.
Despite still being a juvenile, Frosty was already more than nine feet long and close to 400 pounds when first tagged in 2022.
He’s not the only shark pinged off the South Carolina coast. While farther out to sea, the nearly 10-foot white shark Cabot also pinged off the coast of Myrtle Beach at 9:22 p.m. Dec. 26, 2023.
Meanwhile, Bob the shark, spotted near the Grand Strand on Dec. 17, 2023, pinged again close to Charleston and is accompanied by a juvenile female great white, Anne Bonny, named after the famed pirate from the early 18th century. Sharks usually swim south during the winter months.
South Carolina’s coasts and estuaries are already frequented by sharks including the Atlantic Sharpnose, Sandbar, Bonnethead and Scalloped Hammerhead, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Other sharks seen less frequently in South Carolina waters include Spinner, Blacknose and Bull sharks, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
This story was originally published January 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM.
