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Originally Posted by Frazod
We were in the Med; IIRC it was summer.
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Great whites are pretty rare in the Med, but they have been seen there. They don't usually track ships though.
Shortfin Makos are definitely in the Med and look like a smaller version of the GW; they can reach sizes of 12-15 feet long. Makos will trail ships looking for straggling fish or even porpoises that have schooled up behind a boat.
Blue sharks and oceanic whitetips are the usual ship trackers in the Med. But blue sharks are pretty easy to spot because of their extra-long fins, and white tips don't usually get big enough to be mistaken for a GW.
The rest of the 'dangerous' sharks in the Med that could be mistaken for a GW aren't really pelagic, IIRC.
I'd guess you saw a big Mako.