This Great White shark’s name means seaweed, and she’s near Myrtle Beach coast
With temperatures still hovering around the upper 70s, it’s no wonder that the sharks are hanging around the Myrtle Beach area.
Nori, a female Great White shark whose name means “seaweed,” pinged off the coastal city’s shoreline on Nov. 25, 2025, at 6:55 p.m., according to OCEARCH, a global non-profit which conducts research and tracks sharks. A ping happens when an animal tag breaks the surface of the water, sending data.
She measures 8 feet, 10 inches and weighs 423 pounds. Nori was tagged on Oct. 4, 2025, in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Since that time, she has traveled more than 1,750 miles.
Sharks are active this time of year as they make their way south to warmer waters. OCEARCH allows the tracking of their tagged sharks’ movements.
There are several sharks off the coast of Myrtle Beach, some of them tagged by OCEARCH. A more recent visitor was a male shark Webster, which weighs more than 1,000 pounds. Webster is now swimming in the Georgetown/Charleston area.
