Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Manayaweli Cove Trincomalee Eastern Province Sri Lanka — Approximate date — see notes
What happened
A historical reference describes an event at Manayaweli Cove Trincomalee Eastern Province Sri Lanka in the 1960s (exact year uncertain). Recorded activity: Collecting ornamental fish. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: No injury.
What is known
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Manayaweli Cove Trincomalee Eastern Province Sri Lanka.
- Date: the 1960s (exact year uncertain).
- Activity: Collecting ornamental fish.
- Classification: Unprovoked.
- Outcome: No injury.
What remains uncertain
- The date is intentionally shown with limited precision; no day is invented.
- The source describes the event broadly within the 1960s; a specific year or day is not established.
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- Approximate date — see notes
- Date precision
- Approximate
- Location
- Manayaweli Cove Trincomalee Eastern Province Sri Lanka
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Activity
- Collecting ornamental fish
- Incident classification
- Unprovoked
- Outcome
- No injury
- Species
- Blacktip reef shark
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Location context
Historical locations can be approximate. No coordinates have been assigned from the place name, and this record does not imply a map marker or a current risk estimate.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
The cited incident log is a general reference, not a linked case-level primary document. Source timestamps record when the supplied reference was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.