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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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