She said the shark swam underneath her board before taking a 14-inch-wide bite out of it.
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Elinor Dempsey, 54, was surfing at Morro Strand State Beach in California at 10am when the attack took place.
Dempsey said she had been in the water about 35 minutes when she saw the shark approach her about 2 feet underwater.
The woman was shaken but not hurt. Some of the surfers helped Dempsey reunite with her board, and she got back on it to get to shore.
After examining the bite mark, authorities estimate it was a 6-foot-long juvenile white shark.
Speaking to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, she said: “I just immediately went into shock and survival mode, I wasn’t even sure if I was thinking anything other than, “oh my God, swim”.
The sea at Morro Strand State Beach were actually make demands on filled for 72 many hours after the fall, and signs have been publicized.
“I’ll be staying close in from now on”, she said.
While Elinor Dempsey wasn’t injured in her encounter with a shark Saturday, her surfboard didn’t fare as well.
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The Australian three-time world champion was lifted out of the water by a rescue jet ski mere seconds after the attack, which happened when he was paddling out to catch his first wave.
