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A great white sighting off the coast of Delray Beach.
Charter Boat Captain Dustin Richter says he had some customers on board Saturday when they spotted the 12-foot shark.
He tells CBS 12 News that it was not acting aggressively.
"He was just kind of passing through, I'd say. He was very calm. He was just kind of swimming around the boat, doing laps around us. Kind of just, I would say checking us out."
He captured video of the shark, which an expert says appears to be a juvenile.
Dr. Gavin Naylor with the University of Florida's Program for Shark Research says great whites are not rare or endangered, but...
"When you see one it's very exciting. They're large animals. They're interesting."
He says it's estimated there are 20,000 to 30,000 great white sharks worldwide and this time of year they are moving south.