Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1953 Boat Harbour, north of Cronulla, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1953

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Boat Harbour, north of Cronulla, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hit by tail of speared shark, fell & hit head on rock & out cold for 30 minutes PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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