{"id":128724,"date":"2026-01-23T04:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128724\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T04:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T04:07:06","slug":"largest-great-white-shark-ever-recorded-in-atlantic-spotted-near-port-st-lucie-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/128724\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest great white shark ever recorded in Atlantic spotted near Port St. Lucie &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(WSVN) &#8211; The largest great white shark to ever be recorded in the Atlantic is making a comeback to Florida waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContender\u201d is a 14-foot-long great white shark that weighs just under 1,700 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say Contender was recently spotted off the coast between Cape Canaveral and Port St. Lucie.<\/p>\n<p>When he was first seen off Georgia in 2025, a marine research team tagged him to track his movements and migration patterns. Since then, he\u2019s been tracked in waters around the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers said he swam at least 5,300 miles before returning to Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WSVN) &#8211; The largest great white shark to ever be recorded in the Atlantic is making a comeback&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-128724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}