Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1963 Between Southampton & Canary Islands, ATLANTIC OCEAN

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Between Southampton & Canary Islands, ATLANTIC OCEAN

🌍 ATLANTIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

One woman reported to have suffered fish bites, but cause of her death was exposure & drowning"

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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