Unreal! Shark almost right at the beach. I can't believe it. pic.twitter.com/ymwod51vV5

— Ryan Hanrahan (@ryanhanrahan) August 13, 2015

EASTHAM, Mass. — Officials say two Cape Cod beaches closed after visitors spotted a great white shark biting a seal and spitting it back out onto the beach.

Beachgoers at Nauset Light in Eastham, Massachusetts, saw the shark attack the seal at around 4 p.m. Wednesday, which resulted in a pool of blood. The seal was then thrown out of the water onto the beach, where it died.

A one-hour swimming suspension was issued for Nauset Light and Coast Guard beach, due to their proximity to each other. Paige Long, a dispatcher with the Cape Cod National Seashore, says that’s standard protocol.

Seals are a primary food source for great white sharks, which have been spotted in the Cape in increasing numbers over the years.

SHARK SIGHTING: Watch as a shark swims very close to a Cape Cod beach! http://t.co/PvYwyF8KZt@NECNpic.twitter.com/mieYmkCLEm

— Jeff Saperstone (@JeffNBCBoston) August 14, 2015