Innovations in both hardware and software technology are converging to allow improved precision in tracking sharks while simultaneously acquiring information regarding ambient ocean conditions in near-real time. These technologies include fast acquisition GPS, on-board analysis of ocean temperature and oxygen profiles and deployment of land-based receivers to augment throughput of data that has previously been soley reliant on satellite coverage. In particular, the use of land based receivers has significantly increased the amount of data that can be acquired from increasingly sophisticated tags and these data are available in near-real time. Here we present examples of the integration of these technologies by presenting initial results of tracks acquired from hammerhead and tiger sharks tagged in Hawaiian waters.