OCEARCH pings 9-foot 'Brass Bed' near Myrtle Beach

OCEARCH’s public tracker showed a great white shark called Brass Bed near Myrtle Beach on May 19, adding another named animal to the spring run of shark pings along the U.S. East Coast. Local station FOX8 reported the detection on May 21 and said Brass Bed was one of 10 animals logged that week from New York to Florida, including nine white sharks and one loggerhead sea turtle. (ocearch.org) OCEARCH’s tracker lists Brass Bed as a 9-foot-2-inch, 433-pound juvenile female. The ping does not indicate a shark attack or a shark at the shoreline. OCEARCH says its tracker shows detections from tagged animals and makes those movements public as part of its shark research and education work. (ocearch.org) The organization’s website says users can follow animals in real time through its browser-based tracker and app. ### Where exactly was Brass Bed detected? OCEARCH’s tracker entry for Brass Bed lists a “Z-Ping” on May 19, 2026, at 3:16 p.m. near the South Carolina coast by Myrtle Beach. FOX8 described the location as near the Myrtle Beach coast in a roundup of East Coast detections. (ocearch.org) A tracker ping is a detection point, not a continuous live feed. OCEARCH’s public materials say tagged sharks appear on the map when the tag transmits, which means gaps between points are normal. ### What do we know about Brass Bed? (ocearch.org) Brass Bed is a juvenile female white shark measuring 9 feet 2 inches and weighing 433 pounds, according to OCEARCH’s tracker. The shark was tagged off Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, in October 2025, according to OCEARCH’s profile and later reports on her winter movements. (ocearch.org) A February report on Brass Bed’s movement off Florida quoted OCEARCH senior data scientist John Tyminski as saying the shark’s detection fit a winter migration route researchers are documenting in the western North Atlantic. That report described her as part of a broader pattern of seasonal movement between Canadian waters and the southeastern United States. (ocearch.org) ### Was this the only shark tracked nearby? FOX8 reported that 10 animals were sighted that week along the U.S. coast from New York to Florida. The station said the count included nine white sharks and one loggerhead sea turtle, with Brass Bed among the named detections. (ocearch.org) CBS17, citing OCEARCH tracker data, separately reported three white sharks were detected hours apart off North Carolina, including Cross and Ripple, around the same period. That report also referenced Brass Bed’s Myrtle Beach-area ping from two days earlier. (discover.swns.com) ### Does a ping mean beachgoers are in immediate danger? OCEARCH’s tracker is a research and public-education tool, and its map entries show tagged-animal detections rather than beach hazard alerts. The available reports on Brass Bed’s May 19 ping did not describe any attack, beach closure or emergency response tied to the detection. (myfox8.com) Myrtle Beach Police Department’s daily bulletin for May 20 showed no incidents listed on the public page reviewed. That does not rule out all activity, but it does not show a shark-related public-safety event connected to the ping. (cbs17.com) ### How can people follow what happens next? OCEARCH says Brass Bed’s movements can be followed on its public shark tracker, where each new transmission appears as another logged point on the map. The organization also offers the same tracking data through its mobile app. (ocearch.org) As of the latest tracker entry returned in search results, Brass Bed’s most recent logged ping was the May 19 detection near Myrtle Beach. Any next update would appear on OCEARCH’s tracker page for Brass Bed or on the main tracker alongside other tagged sharks moving along the East Coast. (myrtlebeach.policetocitizen.com) (ocearch.org 1) (ocearch.org 2)