Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1935 Maroubra Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1935

⏰ 12h30

📍 Location

Maroubra Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 27

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, left thigh, buttock, left forearm bitten, finger removed

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks sleep like humans do.