Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1978 Fishing camp, St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1978

⏰ Dusk

📍 Location

Fishing camp, St. Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL or scavenging by 3 m tiger shark (may have involved foul play)

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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