Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1940 Danger Pool, Winkelspruit, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1940

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Danger Pool, Winkelspruit, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right thigh & calf bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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