Los Angeles (CNN) -- Nightmares and a panic attack haunted Steven Robles after a great white shark attacked him at a Southern California beach Saturday, but he was out of the hospital Sunday. Robles, 40, was weak and sore a day after the attack near the Manhattan Beach pier, he told CNN. Robles said he was in a "complete state of panic" when he came face to face with the 7-foot shark, but "pure instinct" kicked in. "I saw this shark eye to eye, staring at me as it was crunching into my chest." He grabbed its nose and pried it away from his chest, he said.
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Steven Robles is weak and sore after the shark attack at Manhattan Beach, California
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"Pure instinct" kicked in when he came face to face with the shark, Robles says
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He "just happened to be a the wrong place at the wrong time," lifeguard says
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Swimmer says going back into the water "is not on the table"
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