Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1930 Bashee River, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1930

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bashee River, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Remains of drowning victim recovered from 250-lb female "blue fin" shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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