Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1973 Palm Cove Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1973

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Palm Cove Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Unknown

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 21

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Injury details not available for this incident.

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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