TRURO, MASS. (WHDH) - A Cape Cod beach has been closed to swimming after a confirmed white shark sighting on Monday.

The sighting occurred at about 1:45 p.m. after a shark was spotted by a state police helicopter swimming off Coast Guard Beach in Truro, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.

The beach has been closed to swimming until 2:45 p.m.

No additional information was immediately released.

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