Largest male great white shark ever spotted near vacation spot

Nation/WorldPublished: Jul. 20, 2026, 8:53 a.m.(GERMANY OUT) Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, USA, California, Pacific Ocean, Farallon Island, San Francisco BayReinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesShark Week is coming early to an East Coast tourist attraction.A week before the week-long Discovery Channel programming celebrates the popular predators of the ocean, the largest male white shark tagged in the western North Atlantic was detected Thursday near North Carolina’s Outer Banks, according to a report in the Independent.The 14-foot-long shark is as “Contender.” Contender’s exact location is not known, but a spokesperson for OCEARCH told "The Sun" the nearly 1,700-pound shark is likely heading up the East Coast as a part of sharks’ annual summer migration.“White sha