Avoid This Bit Of The Pacific If You Have A Fear Of Sharks aka The White Shark Café

Map created by ObtundThe map above shows a remote mid-Pacific Ocean region which has become known as the White Shark Café.

Located halfway between Baja California and Hawaii, it serves as a winter and spring habitat for great white sharks.

Named in 2002 by researchers at Stanford University using satellite tracking tags, the area spans a 250-kilometer radius.

Initially thought to be a food-scarce “desert,” research in 2018 revealed a rich, deep-sea food chain that sustains the sharks.

Great whites from various North American coastal rookeries migrate to the Café, traveling for about 100 days at speeds of 1 m/s.

While there, they dive to depths of up to 1,500 feet every 10 minutes, with some dives reaching 3,000 feet during migration.

By 2006, consistent migration patterns showed sharks leave coastal feeding grounds in winter, spend months in the Café, and return in the fall, aligning with the elephant seal breeding season.

Both male and female sharks, including juveniles, frequent the area.

Would you visit the area?

Before you answer have a look at our map: Sharks Vs Humans – Who Really Kills Who?