Animals
How long is a great white shark?
A great white shark is up to 6.4 m · 21 ft long.
Great white shark at true scale
- Great white shark up to 6.4 m · 21 ft
- African savanna elephant 3.35 m · 11 ft
- Volkswagen Beetle 1300 4.07 m · 13.4 ft
- BILLY bookcase 2.02 m · 6.63 ft
Great white shark (blue) beside an African savanna elephant, a Volkswagen Beetle 1300 and a BILLY bookcase, all on one scale.
NOAA Fisheries lists white sharks at about 4 ft long at birth and up to 21 ft (6.4 m) as adults. The game uses that adult maximum. A Toyota Corolla hatchback, at 4.37 m, is about two-thirds as long.
Compared with familiar things
- A great white shark is about 1.9× an African savanna elephant (3.35 m · 11 ft).
- A great white shark is about 1.6× a Volkswagen Beetle 1300 (4.07 m · 13.4 ft).
- A great white shark is about 3.2× a BILLY bookcase (2.02 m · 6.63 ft).
- A great white shark is about 3.6× a Velociraptor (1.8 m · 5.91 ft).
Can you guess it by eye?
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Play five comparisonsWhat is measured
Maximum adult length: up to 6.4 m · 21 ft. NOAA Fisheries quick facts: up to 21 feet as an adult.
Source: NOAA Fisheries — White Shark. Checked 2026-09-28. The silhouette is scaled so this measurement is exact; its other proportions are illustrative.