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Santa Cruz Lifeguard Spots Shark Near Coastline

A lifeguard saw a shark Saturday evening in the water off the coastline of Santa Cruz, fire officials said.

SANTA CRUZ - A lifeguard saw a shark Saturday evening in the water off Cowell's Beach in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz fire officials said.

The shark was sighted at 6:20 p.m. from the Tower 1 lifeguard station.

The shark was swimming about 250 yards from the shore.

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The lifeguard saw a tail thrashing and the shark's head come above the water, fire officials said.

-Bay City News, image via Elias Levy/Flickr

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