Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1863 Back Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1863

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Back Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 26

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

3.2 m [10.5'] shark caught 9 days later contained human remains thought to be those of Canham

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

📹 Learn More About Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks have no bones.