Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1960 Hutchinson Island Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1960

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hutchinson Island Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, probable drowning & post mortem scavenging

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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