Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1953 330 to 350 miles east of Wake Island, PACIFIC OCEAN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1953

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

330 to 350 miles east of Wake Island, PACIFIC OCEAN

🌍 PACIFIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

Recuers fought sharks for the bodies

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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