Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1986 Reef on seaward side of Geyser Island, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1986

⏰ 11h30

📍 Location

Reef on seaward side of Geyser Island, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 35

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark made threat display & impaled itself on spear

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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