Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Swimming Attack

1964 Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province, COSTA RICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province, COSTA RICA

🌍 COSTA RICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right arm & left thigh bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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