Large number of great white sharks spotted in a single site in Kaipara Harbour

#greatwhiteshark #kaipara #shellybeach As many as eleven great white sharks have been spotted at a single site in the Kaipara Harbour – this is believed to be the largest concentration of the species yet seen in the upper North Island as reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 31 January 2015.
According to data collected by a team of researchers, the largest of these great whites measure 3m and 3.5m. That was a couple of days earlier in this month. Subsequently, a 3.4m female among the group has been tracked to Port Waikato, and a second one has travelled to Ninety Mile Beach.
Most of these juvenile sharks were spotted about 5km off Shelly Beach in the southern harbor and, the encounter has been described as "really unexpected" by the Department of Conservation marine scientist Clinton Duffy. He was with the crew when it came across the group.
Incidentally, the team regularly head out on the harbour as part of a joint satellite tagging program and had observed eight in one spot on January 17.