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Shark that killed man in California was likely a great white

The man was pulled from the waves near Morro Bay Friday after a surfer saw him face down in the water with a boogie board floating nearby.
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A sign advises about a shark attack Friday, Dec. 24, 2021 in Morro Bay, Calif. A surfer was killed in an apparent shark attack on Christmas Eve off the central coast of California, authorities said. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP)

MORRO BAY, Calif. — An official says that a shark that killed a man off the coast of central California on Christmas Eve is likely a great white

The man was pulled from the waves near Morro Bay Friday after a surfer saw him face down in the water with a boogie board floating nearby.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. Morro Bay Harbor Director Eric Endersby says the man was 31 years old and that officials have notified his next of kin. 

Endesby tells the San Luis Obispo Tribune that there were no witnesses to the attack, although it likely involved a great white.

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