By ADAM SANTAROSSAJan. 11, 2015, 11 a.m.

NEWCASTLE: Lifesavers watch the coastline on Sunday after a 5m great white shark closed beaches.

SOURCE: NEWCASTLE HERALD

LIFESAVERS continue to pore over the city's coastline on Sunday morningafter a five-metre great white shark closed all Newcastle's beaches on Saturday.

All Newcastle Beaches were shut on Saturday afternoon following the sighting.

Nobbys and Stockton have re-opened on Sunday morning.

Initially, Newcastle was the only beach remaining open as the strip from Bar Beach to Merewether was closed following the initial sighting at 1pm.

Lifeguards spotted a five-metre Great White around 1pm and promptly pulled swimmers from the water.

The entire coastline was closed after asecond alarm, at Newcastle beach, sounded about 4.30pm.

Beaches will remain closed, possibly into Sunday morning, if the shark remains in the region.

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