Baby Great White shark was spotted off the South Carolina coast. Here’s where
A baby Great White Shark was spotted approximately five miles away from the Pawleys Island shoreline on Wednesday, according to Fish Finder Fishing Charters.
“This guy was checking us out this morning, hoping we’d bring him something good to chump on!!!,” the post read. “Crazy to think this is just a baby!!!”
Captain and co-owner of Fish Finder Fishing Charters, Robert Orr, said over the phone on Thursday that they spotted the shark near a reef when they were out for a half day trip.
“One of my young customers said, ‘Captain the shark, the shark!’ And here comes this beautiful white shark, just cruising around the boat, maybe about two and a half laps around the boat,” Orr said.
He said this is the first white shark that he’s seen this close to the beach in his lifetime, noting that he was born and raised in the area and spends a lot of time out on the water.
“Normally, as the summer comes in, we’ll start seeing more sharks get closer to the beach as the water warms up,” Orr said. “This one just caught me off guard because its proximity to the beach and what kind of shark It was.”
This isn’t the first time a Great White has been spotted in the Grand Strand.
Another juvenile shark, Anne Bonny, was last seen on Feb. 4, 2025 off the northeastern South Carolina coast, shark tracker site, Ocearch shows.
A few days before the start of 2024, Frosty the juvenile shark, was also spotted between North Myrtle Beach and Myrtle Beach, according to Sun News reporting at the time.
Tourists are legally allowed to take home shark teeth that wash up on the beach as a souvenir.
This story was originally published April 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM.
