A woman paddleboarding with her friend off of a Cape Cod beach experienced a rare close encounter with a great white shark, the first sighting of that species there since 2004. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY.

Two teens were taking a photo while paddleboarding off the Cape. They didn't realize a shark entered the picture.

A great white shark shocked two Massachusetts paddleboarders as it swam just feet away from the two friends enjoying their Fourth of July evening on the water. College students Margaret Bowles and Maddie Cronin were paddling in the waters off Woods Hole on the southwest end of Cape Cod when they saw the predator’s estimated 8-inch fin.