Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1973 Guadalupe Island, Baja California, MEXICO

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1973

⏰ 16h45

📍 Location

Guadalupe Island, Baja California, MEXICO

🌍 MEXICO

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 37

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, leg bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.