THIS terrifying footage shows the moment a schoolboy kicked a bull shark in the head as he fought for his life while spearfishing in Australia.

The 18-year-old Lachlan Pye was deep-diving off the coast of North Queensland when the vicious attack happened.

The keen spearfisher, who called the encounter "two minutes of terror", was lining up a shot with another fish when he saw the three-and-a-half metre bull shark underneath him.

In the dramatic footage, recorded on Mr Pyre's Go-Pro, he can be seen frantically kicking his flippers at the shark in the hopes of protecting himself.

Speaking to the local news station, 9News, Mr Pye said: "I didn't see it at all until it was underneath me.

"It pulled my foot down, I felt my ankle move and I looked down and it had taken a couple of chomps at the fin."

As the student frantically began to swim up to the surface of the water his flipper became loose and fell down to the shark.

But thankfully for the 18-year-old, his flipper was the only casualty of the encounter.

He even managed to keep the fish at the end of his spear.

"It didn't go for the fish really, it just went for me. I feel pretty lucky I've got my feet still," Mr Pye said.

The teenager's friend, Presley Wilcox, was just meters away on the boat when the attack happened but was completely oblivious to what had happened underwater.

The International Shark Attack Files show an incredible 642 shark attacks in Australia since records began — but the actual number of attacks is likely to be much higher.

Around half of the world's 400 species of shark can be found in Australia, including all of the top three most responsible for attacks on humans: great whites, tigers, and bulls.

Back in January, a diver was mauled to death by a great white shark in front of his horrified partner.

Gary Johnson was savaged by the animal off Cull Island in Western Australia as Karen Milligan watched from a boat just metres away.

His partner Karen was taken to hospital where she was treated for shock following the horror attack.

First responder Glen Quinlaven was setting up for a day trip on his boat when he heard her panicked cries for help.

He said: "We tried to find him. We tried to help her but to no avail.

"I really feel for her, she’s obviously witnessed something you don’t want to see.”

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