A Victorian surfer says he's "really, really lucky" to have punched and kicked his way out of the jaws of a shark, with one witness saying it was like Mick Fanning's miraculous escape "but worse".
Marcel Brundler, 37, has just a souvenir scratch on his back after the three-metre shark grabbed him while surfing near Lorne on Tuesday.
"At first I didn't think anything of it, we have lots of dolphins in the water here, but then I realised it was big, much bigger," Mr Brundler told AAP.
"I'm no expert but this was at least three metres long."
"At some stage, it had me in its jaw, I was shouting and punching it while it attacked me."
Somehow he managed to punch and kick his way out of the shark's grasp and catch a timely wave into shore.
"I was really, really lucky this wave popped up out of nowhere."
Lucas Von Graevenitz Sanchez says he watched the attack through his binoculars from the foreshore car park.
"The shark was massive. If you see the photo you can see the jaw was like half a metre wide," he told AAP.
"It was like Mick Fanning, but worse."
The Australian surfing legend was attacked by a great white while competing at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa in 2015 and also walked away unscathed and fighting it off.
Police said Mr Brundler was remarkably calm after the attack.
"The shark left bite marks in his board and tore at his wetsuit ... but he has no injuries. He was very, very lucky."
The popular surf beach has been closed and Fisheries Victoria has been notified of the attack.
Despite the ordeal, Mr Brundler says he'll probably be back in the water next week.
"Maybe not on my own though, it will be a little scary," he said.
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