WELLFLEET, MASS. (WHDH) - A popular Cape Cod beach was closed to swimming for one hour Friday after a shark was spotted swimming about 100 yards offshore, officials said.

A lifeguard at Marconi Beach in Wellfleet reported seeing a shark breaching according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water for an hour.

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