While the Bahamas is famous for its abundance of reef, bull, and tiger sharks, sightings of the Great White Shark are extremely rare but have indeed occurred. Great Whites typically prefer the cooler, temperate waters of places like South Africa, Australia, or California, but they are highly migratory animals that occasionally wander into subtropical regions. In recent years, satellite tagging data from organizations like OCEARCH has shown that some Great Whites, such as the famous shark named "Unama’ki," have traveled as far south as the Florida Straits and the fringes of the Bahamian archipelago. There are historical records of large White Sharks being spotted near the deep-water drop-offs of the Tongue of the Ocean and occasionally around the Abaco Islands. However, because the Bahamian waters are generally too warm for their preferred metabolism, they do not stay for long. For tourists, the chances of seeing one while snorkeling or diving are essentially zero; the Bahamas remains a shark sanctuary, but its residents are almost exclusively those species better adapted to the tropical Caribbean environment.