A pair of kayakers were terrified to tears after they had a surprise encounter with a great white shark that turned scary. The two women were paddling along the coast of a Plymouth, Massachusetts, beach Wednesday evening photographing seals amongst the waves.

All of a sudden, best friends Ida Parker and Kristin Orr felt a sharp nudge from something in the water. The shark breached its body, estimated to be about four feet, out of the water, biting down and flipping their kayaks from underneath.

Parker said she could see its big eyes, gray pointed nose and large teeth.

"I don't think I'll ever kayak again," she told WCVB-TV.

Once their boats dumped them into the water, they treaded in place, not knowing what to do or where the shark was.

"It was petrifying waiting in that water for the harbormaster and not knowing if anybody was going to come get us," Parker said to WHDH-TV.

The women screamed for help, which was heard from shore, and someone called 911. Another kayaker on shore kindly paddled out to check on them, according to the TV station. The Plymouth Harbormaster then picked up the pair shortly after they went into the water.

According to the women, they captured footage of the attack on a GoPro camera, but it sank around 150 yards from shore.

The Patriot Ledger reported that the Division of Marine Fisheries identified the shark as a great white after examining a tooth fragment and bite radius on one of the recovered kayaks.

On Thursday the search began for the big shark, but search teams were unsuccessful. A separate kayaker reported seeing a shark in the area around 1 p.m. Wednesday, but the harbormaster and State Police helicopters couldn't find the animal.