12-foot long great white shark is being tracked off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico [Video]

Massive 12-foot long, 1,300 lb great white shark is being tracked off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico – as thousands of spring breakers prepare to descend on state’s beaches

10:37 EST 09 Mar 2023 , updated 14:44 EST 09 Mar 2023

An 12-foot-long great white shark weighing more than 1,300 pounds has been pinged in the Gulf of Mexico, less than 50 miles from the coast of Florida. 

The shark, which is being tracked by research group Ocearch, was located about 43 miles south of St. George’s Island at about 11am on March 6.

In the last two years the shark, named Maple, has spent time across the east coast of the US, traveling between the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of St. Lawrence just west of the island of Newfoundland in Canada.

The shark’s most recent arrival in the gulf roughly coincides with Spring Break, when thousands of students visit various coastal destinations …