Lucky escape: Man knocked off kayak by aggressive shark

A man fishing on his kayak in South Africa has made a lucky escape as he filmed himself being knocked into the water by an aggressive shark.

South African, Dev de Lange was fishing with a friend on Friday when out of the corner of his eye his saw what appeared to be a huge shark heading directly towards his kayak.

De Lange believes the shark was chasing the dorado fish he was using as live bait at the time of the incident.

The terrified fisherman is then thrown into the water when the apex predator slams violently into the side of his kayak tossing him directly into the shark's path.

The stunned fisherman can then be seen hurriedly scrambling back into the vessel trying to evade the large shark.

Once back in the kayak the de Lange can be seen looking anxiously around the grey water to see where the shark has gone.

After a few moments pass the fisherman can be seen letting off a huge sigh of relief over the lucky near-miss.

After posting the footage later on YouTube De Lange wrote he’d never forget his encounter with what he called a “massive” shark.

News break – February 2