Paddleboarder on calm water near a shoreline.
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THIS is the terrifying moment paddleboarders in the “Jaws” country come dangerously close to a gargantuan great white shark.

The creature swam just feet away from two pals enjoying the waters in Massachusetts on the Fourth of July.

Paddleboarder on calm water near a shoreline.
The shark’s fin is seen protruding from the water in the bottom right cornerCredit: WHDH
Paddleboarder near great white shark.
Margaret’s terrified face is captured in a pictureCredit: WHDH
Great white shark near paddleboarders.
The shark’s fin sticking out of the waterCredit: WHDH

While paddling around on their boards near Woods Hole on the southwest tip of Cape Cod, college students Margaret Bowles and Maddie Cronin experienced a frightening encounter with a great white shark.

The beast’s eight-inch fin is captured in an image protruding from the water, panicking the two pals.

Margaret is heard exclaiming in footage as she desperately jumps on her board for safety: “Oh!”

The pair were in such disbelief at what they saw, they had to look back at Maddie’s pictures and videos to confirm their suspicions.

Margaret’s terrified face is captured in a picture, while the sea beast’s fin is seen popping out of the water a mere few feet away.

Speaking to WHDH, she recounted, “Suddenly, I saw this huge fin appear next to her, about eight inches sticking out of the water, looking fleshy and gray. I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, that’s a shark, we need to get out of here.’

“Once we were back to shore, I was kind of like no way, they aren’t here.

“It took a second to register that was what happened but it was a complete surprise.

“I’ve spent time teaching marine biology here and swimming in the ocean. I certainly never expected for a great white shark to wander my way.

“I always operated under the assumption that there were no sharks in Woods Hole.

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“I would have friends down and they’d ask, ‘Are there sharks here?’ And I’d be like, ‘No, no way.'”

The students managed to keep their “cool” and scrambled back to shore without encountering any trouble.

After returning safely, the two joked that the shark had just suffered some direction trouble and got lost in the waters.

They named the beast “Steve”.

The startling photo of the fin was shared with specialists, who confirmed through the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries that the pair had indeed crossed paths with a great white shark in Buzzards Bay.

The shark encounter hasn’t put the friends off returning to the beach however.

Margaret added: “I’ve already gone swimming since then. I love the ocean. What happened was incredibly unlikely.”

What she did confess though is she is temporarily stopping wearing her wetsuit in the water.

Margaret said: “That seems unadvisable at the time.

“Hopefully ‘Steve’ moves on and I’ll get right back to it.”

The shark sighting off the Stoney Beach shore is the first in the area in over a whopping two decades.

The last confirmed sighting of a great white in Buzzards Bay was back in 2004, Cape and Islands reports.

Woman paddleboarding on calm water.
The students managed to keep their ‘cool’ and scrambled back to shore without encountering any troubleCredit: WHDH
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