Surfing star Mick Fanning on his way home to Australia after shark attack

Fanning says encounter where he punched a shark was 'by far the scariest thing I have ever been through and am still rattled'

Surfer Mick Fanning is due home on the Gold Coast on Tuesday as he grapples with his life and death run-in with a shark.

The three-time world champion is still dealing with the emotional fallout from the terrifying encounter in which he punched the shark and used his board as a shield before rescue crews pulled him to safety during a competition in South Africa.