Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1963 Wanda Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ 09h30

📍 Location

Wanda Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

A "dead" shark grabbed by the tail bit his right torso PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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