Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1962 Lake Illawarra, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1962

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Lake Illawarra, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Remains recovered from 10' shark, but shark involvement prior to death unconfirmed

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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