Nauset Beach Closed After Shark Sighting; 11-Foot Great White Tagged Just Off Shore
ORLEANS (CBS) -- Nauset Beach in Orleans closed temporarily Monday morning after a shark sighting.
Swimmers had to clear the water from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
At the same time, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said researchers tagged an 11-foot white shark about 100 yards off the beach, south of the parking lot.
Shark tagged! @MassDMF's Dr. Skomal, working with our team, just tagged this 11' white shark (10th of the season) ~100 yards off Nauset Beach, just south of the parking lot. pic.twitter.com/I5cS898Phu
— Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (@A_WhiteShark) August 27, 2018
It's the 10th great white shark tagged by scientists this season off the coast of Cape Cod.
A shark bit a swimmer off Truro earlier this month. Tufts Medical Center confirmed Monday that William Lytton has since been released from the hospital.