"We saw a black fin and straight away could see it was a very big shark," said documentary director Fernando López-Mirones, who was on the boat with researchers. "The conditions in the sea were amazing and we had the specimen around three metres from the boat, and we could watch it up close for 70 minutes," he told El Pais.

The conservation group announced the sighting on its social media page with a photograph of the great white, and said it would also release video recordings.

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