Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1974 Tomales Point, Marin County, California, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1974

⏰ 11h30

📍 Location

Tomales Point, Marin County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 45

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Leg bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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