Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1963 8 miles south of Elliot Key, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ 11h40

📍 Location

8 miles south of Elliot Key, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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