Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1960 Maui, Hawaii, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1960

⏰ 02h00

📍 Location

Maui, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Of crew of 4, only 1 person survived (broken legs but no shark bites). Within 20 minutes of his rescue large sharks were in area. No remains of other 3 crew recovered, and shark involvement in their deaths is questionable.

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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