Shark Incidents

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1989 Waitpinga Beach, near Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ 20h15

📍 Location

Waitpinga Beach, near Victor Harbor, Encounter Bay, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 27

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Thigh bitten FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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