Mick Fanning on shark encounter: 'Thanks for not eating me!'

Surfer says it may be months before he goes back in the ocean after the terror of escaping a shark while competing in South Africa

Surfer Mick Fanning says it could be months before he gets over the shark attack in South Africa, but says he will return to the water.

A shaken Fanning appeared at a media conference of about 150 journalists in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon to recount fighting off a shark while competing at the J-Bay Open in South Africa.