In early October, Kiwi man Robbie Peck was out spearfishing in Western Australia when a bull shark brutally attacked him - nearly severing his arm.
Luckily, Peck's quick-thinking brother-in-law was able to fashion a makeshift tourniquet to stop the bleeding while the boat they were on rushed them back to shore.
He survived - living to tell the tale of the dramatic attack.
Peck, an Australian-based Kiwi with ample spearfishing experience, recounted to AM the chilling moment he knew he was in trouble.
"It's come in hot but it's come in from behind me," he said of the shark.
Peck said he turned around and "saw a massive mouth wide open".
"I didn't have, really, any time to react other than to put my hand out," he told AM on Thursday.
"It was pretty hectic."
Peck said the shark then latched on to his left arm and was "shaking like a dog with a toy". All he could do was scream at the shark, which caused it to let go of his arm.
After the attack, Peck said he was surprisingly in little pain - despite profusely bleeding on his way back to shore. He put that down to adrenaline.
Peck said the attack left him with a cut down to the bone on his upper arm as well as artery and tendon damage on his wrist.
But, despite the ordeal, his experience was unlikely to stop him from getting back in the water once he'd fully recovered.
"I love the ocean - always have," he said. "I think it's always a part of my life and it'd be hard to stay away."
Watch the video for the full interview.
