Video shows young fisherman wrestle shark in pounding surf

Wild video captured the moment a young fisherman dove into the Southern California surf to wrestle a thrashing shark and free it from his fishing line.

Kevin Phan, 20, was reportedly fishing at Hermosa Beach around 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday when the sea dog grabbed his fishing rod from a nearby pier.

Video taken by beachgoers shows Phan running to the shoreline to untie the dangling predator.

He looked dangerously close as he tried to cut the rope from the shark’s mouth.

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Witnesses could be heard in the background speculating whether the shark was still alive.

After doing a few flips amid the crashing waves, Phan grabbed the shark’s tail and fearlessly guided it into the ocean, drawing applause from the audience.

“I saw a group of people there and ran over as if something was going on,” witness Stephen Copeland told local media. KTLA. “He was in his underwear… he said it was his second incident of the day.”

A great white shark swims in the waters off the coast of California. (Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild)

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Phan reportedly suffered minor cuts and scrapes but was otherwise unharmed, according to the publication.

Other fishermen at the pier said they may avoid the casting spot due to increased shark sightings.

Great White Shark (Carcharodon Carcharias) on Guadalupe Island. (Dave Fleetham/Design Images Editorial)

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“I don’t know if I’ll come here so often because of this,” George Lam told the news station. “We’re here mostly for smaller fish, things that bite quickly.”

Studies done by California State University at Long Beach showed that juvenile great white sharks generally pose a low risk to humans on beaches.

However, they often gather near the shore to feed on small fish.