Great White Spotted Near Block Island | Providence News

Providence News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 7, 2026 · 1m

A rare and thrilling great white shark sighting off Block Island has gone viral, captured by the Atlantic Shark Institute while tracking a humpback whale — possibly the first of its kind in Rhode Island waters. This follows a string of marine highlights from the area, including whale sightings and even a beach-stranded whale earlier this month. The team is buzzing about the encounter, calling it a wild reminder of the ocean’s hidden wonders, and is now diving deeper into what the shark was doing — and how close it came to the whale — to better understand these apex predators and the rich…