ORLEANS, MASS. (WHDH) - A Cape Cod beach was closed to swimming for an hour Saturday after a shark was spotted eating a seal, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.
The conservancy says the confirmed sighting occurred around 9:55 a.m. Saturday off Nauset Beach.
The sighting prompted the temporary closure of the beach from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The conservancy says a second confirmed sighting occurred 10:35 a.m. off Nauset Beach
The sighting prompted the temporary closure of the beach to be extended until 11:35 a.m. without any resightings.
Confirmed White Shark Alert on 2019-08-31T10:35:00-0400! View online – https://t.co/gq1MFL50SJ
— Sharktivity (@sharktivity) August 31, 2019
Confirmed White Shark Alert on 2019-08-31T09:55:00-0400! View online – https://t.co/gq1MFL50SJ
— Sharktivity (@sharktivity) August 31, 2019
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