Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

1979 Singer Island, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1979

⏰ 11h30

📍 Location

Singer Island, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 27

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Foot & ankle bitten

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

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