A California woman is still recovering from a shark bite and the aftershock of the incident after a shark bit her thigh over the weekend while swimming at a beach in San Diego.

50-year-old Lyn Jutronich was enjoying her morning while swimming at the Del Mar Beach in San Diego on Friday when she felt something big ram into her in the water.

Jutronich told reporters that, at the time, she was resting in the water during her usual morning swim with her partner before they got out of the ocean and headed back to shore.

Jutronich told NBC 7 she felt something huge hit her between her legs and shove her. She was immediately worried because the blow was unusually strong. She said the shark’s painful hit pushed her up and out of the ocean.

According to her, she knew a shark was attacking her almost immediately after the push.

Jutronich, who was a competitive swimmer in college and enjoys it several times a week, said that her fight or flight instincts kicked in immediately, and she took off.

She looked down into the water and saw the shark bite her thigh, but fortunately for her, it released its hold. The shark only shook her once and let her go, lacerating her thigh.

After her scary experience with the shark and shaking him off, she came up to the water’s surface and screamed at her swimming partner David, alerting him of the shark attack.

The pair escaped from the water and were met by lifeguards and first responders, who provided first aid.

Jutronich was taken to a nearby hospital where she was treated for laceration wounds to her thigh, according to the chief lifeguard for the city of Del Mar. She is expected to be released soon.

The beach remained closed for several days after the attack. Earlier this year, it was reported that juvenile great white sharks had increased significantly in San Diego.

Speaking to the news outlet, marine biologist Dr. Chris Lowe said that San Diego had become a popular nursery location for great white sharks and other marine animals in recent years. He said that the increased sightings of great white sharks started about two years ago and that San Diego had become a big hot spot for the sharks.