A younger diver got here nose to nose with a three-metre-bull shark that "rammed" him close to Royal Perth Yacht Membership within the Swan River in Western Australia.
Bailey Haffner, 20, was cleansing the hull of his buddy's boat in Matilda Bay waters yesterday when the predator emerged from the murky depths.
Haffner mentioned the assault got here with out warning.
"It was fairly a forceful 'thump', you may really feel how thick it was," Haffner advised 9News.
"It knocked me as if I used to be in skinny air.
"All of it occurred in a break up second...(it) type of did a flip and kicked me off the hull of the boat."
Haffner mentioned he was so shocked after the assault he launched himself onto the close by jetty.
"I used to be simply going so quick I leapt out of the water," he mentioned.
Normal Supervisor of Royal Perth Yacht Membership Stuart Walton encountered Haffner after the encounter and mentioned he was "fairly shaken".
"He got here out of the water and mentioned 'proper, I am not carrying on with that job anymore," Walton mentioned.
"He obtained in his automotive and left".
Mates' fishing journey nearly ruined by large shark
Bull sharks are recognized to frequent the Swan River.
In January final 12 months Cameron Wrathall was attacked by a shark, believed to be a bull, within the waterway.
He was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital by ambulance with a 30cm chunk to his leg after two kayakers got here to his rescue.
The species is thought to be aggressive and might frequent "a variety of habitats from coastal marine and estuarine to freshwater," based on WA'S Division of Parks and Wildlife.