(GERMANY OUT) Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, USA, California, Pacific Ocean, Farallon Island, San Francisco Bay (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) MORRO BAY, Calif. - A shark that killed a man off the coast of central California on Christmas Eve was likely a great white, an official said.The man was pulled from the waves near Morro Bay on Friday after a surfer saw him face down in the water with a boogie board floating nearby.