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Shark Sighting Closes Swimming At Cape Cod Beach
Swimming at the beach was suspended after a lifeguard plane spotted the shark.
TRURO, MA – Swimming was suspended near a North Truro beach Monday after a shark sighting was reported in the area. The shark was seen by a lifeguard plane near Head of the Meadow beach, prompting a swimming ban around 12:40 p.m.
The swimming ban is expected to be lifted after about an hour.
A research team on Monday tagged a 12-foot shark, the fifth tagged this season, about a quarter mile off Nauset Beach.
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Shark tagged! @MassDMF’s Dr. Greg Skomal, working with AWSC, just tagged the 5th white shark of the season, a ~12’ shark 1/4 mile off Nauset Beach (south side). Head over to our Facebook page for the video. https://t.co/asaYFf5Caf pic.twitter.com/tGU0TADkgE
— Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (@A_WhiteShark) July 30, 2018
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