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A surfing instructor says he is "more than lucky" to be alive after being attacked and bitten by a shark in the middle of a lesson.

The man, named Hot Sushi, is the surf instructor at Hot Sushi’s Happy Surf Camp Aloha in Tybee Island, Georgia, US.

Chatham Emergency Services said a swimmer was bitten Tuesday on Tybee Island near 18th and 19th streets.

He has said he is "super-duper thankful" he was bitten and not one of the "precious young people" or other instructors taking part in the lesson.

The surfing instructor said he was left needing an "intense painful deep cleaning" and left A&E "with plenty of stitches".

In photos of the incident shared on his Facebook page, Hot Sushi can be seen with emergency crews taping up his lower leg and in hospital.

WJCL-TV reports emergency services cleared the water for an "hour or two" after the shark bite.

In a post on Facebook, Hot Sushi wrote: "I apologise for this crazy incident of mine to making things chaotic.

"Most of all I feel super duper thankful it was ME no one else who were in the seawater at that time especially all these precious young people including my fabulous instructors or anyone else…

"It could have been much much worse so feel very lucky enough just got out from the ER after the intense painful deep cleaning with plenty of stitches.

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"At the same time, I was trying my best not to let my wonderful amazing brave campers to panic on seeing me getting injured in front of them."

Hot Sushi wrote that his surf camp is closed Wednesday so that he could meet with doctors for plastic surgery following the horror attack and so the team can all "cool off mentally to regroup".

• Sharks
• Hospital
• Animals

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