Man falls into ocean after trying to swat shark

A fisherman who fell out of a dinghy south of Perth this morning has reported being circled up to five times by a white pointer shark.

Tony Cappellutti from Fisheries says the man had been fishing near Warnbro about three to four nautical miles offshore.

He says it is believed that when a shark began to chew on the boat's outboard motor, the man tried to fend it off with an oar.

Mr Cappellutti says the man dropped the oar into the water and then fell in while trying to retrieve it.

"So he's now in the water, his boat's in gear and it's heading off," he said.

"So of course he couldn't get back to his boat so he then states that the shark's reappeared, circled him four or five times and then disappeared."

The man escaped unharmed after flagging down another boat.

DUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!