"My mum swims there every morning with friends and they rang me saying there was a shark, so I ran down there," she told ABC News.
Hatheier swam into the pool to grab a hold of the shark before carrying it to the edge of the pool and tossing it back into the ocean.
"He was pretty distressed and bumping into things, so I just followed him around for a bit," she said. "I thought, as long as I keep my hand near its fins it couldn't bite me; I wouldn't have grabbed it by the tail though."
While Hatheier was applauded for her bravery, she said she knew Port Jackson sharks are relatively harmless.
"I wasn't really scared but I wouldn't have done it with a great white," she said. "Surfing over the years, you know you see them all the time. They're probably underneath you all the time."
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