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Nearly 14-foot, 1,600-pound white shark swims off Jax Beach

By Toni Foxx
1,600-pound great white shark pinged off Florida's Gulf Coast Stock photo of a great white shark. (Getty Images/Image Source)
By Toni Foxx

A massive white shark, the largest ever tagged by OCEARCH in the northwestern Atlantic, has been spotted swimming offshore Jacksonville Beach. This isn’t just any shark; it’s “Contender,” a 13.8-foot, 1,652.8-pound mature male, BUT GOOD NEWS! He’s swimming well off shore, about 45 miles off Jacksonville Beach!

Toni Foxx

Toni Foxx

I’ve been in radio here in Jax, playing country music for a long time, but I’m now trading my cowboy hat in for a lovely tiara & I’m excited to be on Easy 102.9.