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A shark knocked a fisherman off his kayak about a mile off the California coast in a terrifying run-in that forced the man to swim back to shore.

The kayaker was in the water near Leffingwell Landing in San Luis Obispo County Monday when he felt something striking his boat from underneath, knocking him into the water, authorities said.

The fisherman managed to get back on his kayak and tried to paddle back to the shore, “but punctures in the hull caused the kayak to take on water, forcing him to swim to shore,” the Cambria Fire Department said in a statement.

A shark took knocked a fisherman off his kayak Monday off the California coast. Getty Images/Tetra images RF

The man wasn’t injured and was able to swim back to the shore. Fire officials sent a boat and recovered the man’s kayak and fishing gear, along with some personal belongings.

After looking at the photos of the damaged kayak, Dr.…