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The to be tagged in the Atlantic has reemerged in waters off the coast of southern New Jersey, research group OCEARCH said.

When the group tagged the nearly 14-foot-long predator, named Contender, in January, he was swimming near the Florida-Georgia border. He has traveled over 4,300 miles since then. Contender was over the summer before reaching waters near Newfoundland, Canada, in late September. 

In late October, Contender started to move south. His pinged multiple times as he traveled around Nova Scotia. On Nov. 12, it showed that Contender had reached New Jersey waters. As of Tuesday night, the 1,650-pound shark was off the coast of Atlantic City. 

Contender isn't the only OCEARCH-tagged shark traveling south. The group that Ernst, a female white shark, was making "big moves" and had reached the Florida Keys after having been last seen near the Florida-Georgia border. OCEARCH tagged Ernst, who is 12 feet long and weighs about 1,000 pounds, during an expedition to Nova Scotia in October, according to her . 

OCEARCH tracking data shows other shark species, including tiger sharks, white sharks and hammerheads, moving along the Atlantic coast. 

Great whites in the Atlantic tend to spend the summer in cooler, prey-dense northern waters, then migrate south to warmer temperatures, OCEARCH . Sightings of sharks, including great whites, were up in waters off this year, leading to some . Human-shark interactions remained rare, Autos News previously reported. Scientists have previously in great white sharks in the Atlantic. 

OCEARCH follows the sharks to learn more about their habits and behaviors. Each tag reports data for about five years, according to the group. The  is available online. 

"Each ping adds another clue to the puzzle of white shark migration—and our team is tracking every move," the group wrote on Instagram.