A teenage surfer has survived a shark attack off Florida's coast after he "punched it away", according to a local beach patrol officer.
The 14-year-old was bitten on the hand by what was described as a 4 to 5 foot-long blacktip shark.
He paddled back to shore where he flagged down help from a beach safety officer before being taken to hospital.
"He suffered pretty significant lacerations (to his left hand)," Captain Aaron Jenkins from the Volusia County Beach Patrol told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper.
The attack happened at around 8.30am on Sunday at New Smyrna Beach.
A friend of the teenager said the surfer is in good spirits, but remains in hospital.
"He was screaming for help,” 12-year-old Cole Toomsoo told WFTV News in Florida.
"I was really scared. I come here every weekend. It just gets me scared to have one of my friends go through that."
Local media reports say there have been at least 10 shark attacks in Volusia County so far this year.
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