Each now carries a satellite unit that pings a location when the shark surfaces, enabling real-time public tracking via the Great White App. The Great White app tracks as of October 2025. “Great whites are rarely seen in the Polynesian islands, even though they spend half their lives there,” Elliott said. Tracking of great white sharks across the southwest Pacific. Riley Elliott with a great white shark on Discovery Channel's Shark Week TV series.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 07, 2026 06:35 UTC