A SURFER rode his luck – after a dolphin dived into him as he caught a giant wave.

Teenager Jed Gradisen was riding the crest of the wave when the giant mammal careered into him.

And luckily he escaped without injury when the bottlenose dolphin – which can weigh up to 500kg – dived out of the water.

Jed, 13, said: “I saw the dolphins coming and I though ‘oh my god they’re coming straight for me’.

So I tried to get out of the way and it jumped straight into me, he just dove out of the water and I jumped off my board and tried to get out of the way.

“It jumped a long way so I had a couple of seconds to react.”

The marine animal hit Jed’s back and shoulders when it struck him off the coast of Kalbarri, Western Australia.

The young surfer added: “It was really shocked, almost as shocked as I was.

“His nose went straight through the board, that must have hurt a bit.

“It really didn’t know what to do. I wouldn’t dream about anything like it.”

This article originally appeared on The Sun.