Fatal Attack

1988 Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1988

⏰ Early morning

📍 Location

Off North Keppel Island, off Yeppoon, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Sea Disaster

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL When James Coucom, the lone survivor, was rescued, "2 sharks were pounding on the dinghy"

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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