A brave fisherman fought off a great white shark as the beast lunged at him multiple times during an intense nine-minute-long stand-off.

While diving off the coast of Perth, Australia, on September 7, Joe Petrovich and some friends were spearfishing but he almost ended up as the prey.

Joe had strayed about 300 metres away from the boat, trying to hunt down a school of pink snapper before a four-and-a-half-metre long shark weighing approximately 400kg appeared.

Moments after the video begins, the shark checks and tilts its head to assess Joe’s defences.

On the fourth circle, the shark leant in further and eventually launched at Joe, who was only able to parry the potentially fatal attack with his gun as the shark’s bite narrowly missed under his right arm.

The shark retreated before almost instantly lunging again but for Joe’s legs, this time taking a chunk out of his left swimming fin as the footage shows a great deal of commotion and struggle.

Joe began his escape back to the boat as the shark continued to circle threatening attacks with each pass.

Eventually, Joe is able to the shark a taste of the pointed spear tip which gives the message to the shark that Joe is also a threat which slowly defuses the encounter.

The shark slowly backs off and Joe successfully makes it back to the safety of the vessel.

Joe said: “When the shark first attacked, I thought I had a 75% chance of not making it out alive.

“At best I thought I’d lose one leg and probably part of the other.

“It was as sudden and violent as a high-speed motorbike crash.

“As there is no outer shell in a bike crash, your body takes the full impact and first contact, just like this.

“Once the shark had taken a chunk out of the carbon dive fin, I’d hoped it would think I was inedible.”

Joe – a 17-year spearfishing veteran – was in the water for nine minutes in total with the great white while he tried to swim back to the boat.

He said: “After about two minutes, I lifted my head out of the water to spot the boat and make sure I am swimming in the right direction.

“It is the first time I felt secure enough to do this.

“For the next three minutes she probed and assessed my defences, making a few passes similar to what preceded the first attack without following through.

“I just acted on instinct, my whole being was focussed on maintaining eye contact and preparing for a similar charge.

“At the five-minute mark she swam so close to me that I leaned forward and give her a light taste of the spear point.

“She flinched and swam away, which made me think ‘she now knows I can hurt her’.

“I drew a little hope from this and felt my chances of making it had improved.

“After this, she kept her distance and I made it back to the boat, alive and with two arms, two legs and one head.”

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