Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1959 Surfer's Paradise, Northcliffe, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Surfer's Paradise, Northcliffe, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower left leg bittten, hand abraded

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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