Two paddleboarders accidentally got up close with a great white shark while 100 yards offshore of a Cape Cod beach. Margaret ...

Margaret Bowles and Maddie Cronin were paddleboarding and taking photos off of Stoney Beach on the 4th of July when Bowles noticed an alarming dorsal fin. “And I was like, ‘Oh my goodness ...

The duo said the shark appeared without warning and was calmly gliding next to their paddleboards. They paddled back to land quickly and were left with nothing but jitters and a really cool story.

The shark was about a foot away from Cronin’s board and she could feel it passing her under the water. “Immediately we kicked into like, ‘We’ve got to get out of here,'” Bowles said.

Margaret Bowles and Maddie Cronin were paddleboarding off of Stony Beach in Woods Hole when they spotted the shark’s intimidating fin poking up from the surface of the water.

FALMOUTH, Mass. (WCVB/CNN) -- Two college students who were paddleboarding off the coast of Cape Cod photographed a surprising close encounter with a great white shark on July 4. Margaret Bowles ...

The photo taken off Woods Hole on Cape Cod on July 4th shows a great white shark just feet away from Margaret Bowles on a paddleboard – and she didn’t know it.

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts (WCVB) -- Two college students who were paddleboarding off the coast of Cape Cod photographed a surprising close encounter with a great white shark on July 4. Margaret ...

The shark was about a foot away from Cronin’s board and she could feel it passing her under the water. “Immediately we kicked into like, ‘We’ve got to get out of here,'” Bowles said.