Habitat and geographic area of ​​the white shark

White sharks live in coastal areas on the continental shelf where abundant light and food, although occasionally moves deeper areas. Where there is live in areas of the Arctic and Antarctic, as they could not withstand the cold.

Are frequently found in the waters of the Lesser Antilles, the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and Cuba and the U.S. East Coast to Newfoundland, the coastline of Rio Grande do Sul to Patagonia, the Pacific North American (from Baja California to southern Alaska, where they arrive in abnormally warm years) and South America (from Panama to Chile) Pacific archipelagos as Hawaii, Fiji and New Caledonia, Australia (with the exception of its north facade, being abundant in the rest), Tasmania and New Zealand and is very common in the area of the great Barrier Reef, northern Philippines and Asia along the coast from Hainan to Japan and Sakhalin island, Seychelles, Maldives, South Africa (which is abundant) and areas close to the mouth of the Congo and Volta rivers, and coastal front from Senegal to England, with significant clustering in the Canary islands and Cape Verde, entering also in the Mediterranean and Red Seas. In these last areas where human presence is manifested through overfishing and pollution have greatly reduced the distribution of this species. However, it seems that persists in the area some farming area, such as the Strait of Messina. Occasionally, this species can also reach waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Tierra del Fuego.