Great White Shark

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is the largest living macropredatory shark and fish, a mackerel shark closely related to mako sharks, the porbeagle, and the salmon shark. It is robustly built with a grayish upperside and a white underside. Females average 4.6–4.9 m (15–16 ft) and 1,000–1,900 kg (2,200–4,200 lb); males average 3.4–4.0 m (11–13 ft) and 680–1,000 kg (1,500–2,200 lb). Individuals are estimated to reach lengths close to 6.1 m (20 ft) and weights over 2,495 kg (5,501 lb).

Great whites have about 300 triangular, serrated teeth that are continuously replaced. A massive, fatty liver can exceed a quarter of body weight, providing buoyancy and energy storage. They are partially warm-blooded, an adaptation allowing activity in colder waters.

White sharks inhabit tropical and temperate ocean waters worldwide, occurring both near coastlines and offshore, with population concentrations around the Pacific and Atlantic sides of North America, southern Africa, and Oceania. They are highly migratory and may travel between coasts, open ocean, and between continents. White sharks are generally solitary but may gather in aggregations at feeding sites; they may use body language to communicate and establish dominance hierarchies.

The strongest linked planning options currently surface around destinations such as Cape Town, Guam, Kauai and countries such as South Africa, New Caledonia, Gibraltar for divers building trips around great white sharks.