Tidewatch
A beach-day safety companion that pings your phone when a GPS-tagged great white enters a custom radius of your chosen swimming spot and overlays historical sightings for that coastline.
East Coast US and Canadian Atlantic beach vacationers planning a swim day with family or kids
- Live proximity alerts from OCEARCH and Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tag pings
- Custom radius (0.5–5 miles) and quiet-hours scheduling
- Historical sighting heatmap for any chosen beach, weighted by day-of-year
- Lifeguard flag status and rip-current advisory pulled from local beach authorities
The 'Contender' tracking story just drove 100+ trending searches in Canada alone and reminded coastal travelers that a giant tagged shark is actively approaching their vacation beach; most generic beach apps don't surface marine wildlife at all.
Contender story widely covered (CTV, Yahoo, Fox Weather, OCEARCH) and multiple tagged GW pings off Outer Banks/NL drive seasonal search spikes; NPS officially recommends Sharktivity confirming real user pull.Largest male great white shark recorded in Atlantic resurfaces off Canadian coast ↗2 great white sharks tracked off North Carolina's Outer Banks this week ↗
Direct, entrenched competitor Sharktivity (by Atlantic White Shark Conservancy) already offers GPS-tagged GW sightings, push beach alerts, and is officially integrated with Cape Cod NPS/Mass DMF; OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker covers the same data feed.Sharktivity White Shark Tracking App — AWSC ↗OCEARCH Shark Tracker ↗
Sharktivity Pro (launched Oct 2024) validates a paid tier but gates only widgets/early-access — core alerts stay free, suggesting low WTP; seasonal, vacation-only usage caps subscription LTV.Introducing Sharktivity Pro - Instagram announcement ↗Sharktivity on the App Store ↗
Great white range expanding northward into Canadian Atlantic (Contender in Gulf of St. Lawrence) is a multi-year climate-driven tailwind; OCEARCH's tagging program is sustained by long-term research funding.Largest great white shark recorded in Atlantic, in Canada ↗
Wrapper/aggregator is technically trivial, but value depends on third-party data (OCEARCH ping feed, Sharktivity, local sightings) — no proprietary data source and Sharktivity/OCEARCH already own the authoritative feeds.Track Sharks With Us | OCEARCH Shark Tracker ↗