A Nova Scotian scuba diver can still picture the moment he came face to face with a great white shark during a routine dive on Wednesday.

Eric Peterson, an instructor with Torpedo Rays Scuba Adventures, was leading a customer on a dive at Fox Point Beach near Hubbards on Aug. 27 when the duo came within arms reach of the apex predator.

The shark, he said, appeared ten minutes into their dive. All he could see coming out of the murk was a big toothy smile, black eyes and a Cheshire grin.

In a video captured by another diver, the nearly three metre long shark can be seen coming within arms reach of the divers. It was surrounded by dozens of pilot fish, also known as banded rudderfish.

In that moment, he held onto his customer's chest strap, bringing them both down to their knees on the g

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