Divers describe their close brush with a tiger shark as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Cassie Jensen, the photographer the shark approaches in the video, embraces shark diving as a hobby.

“I used to be really afraid of swimming because of sharks,” she says. “When I picked up diving, I was intimidated because of how the media portrays them, but the first time I saw a shark in the water, all I wanted to do was see them more!”

The group of divers in the West Palm Beach, Florida, area names and tracks the sharks they swim with in the interest of conservation and awareness. Jensen said she easily recognized the shark in the video.

“This is DJenny. She has a little freckle above her