Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Wading Attack

1989 Ehukai Beach Park, Sunset Beach, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

Ehukai Beach Park, Sunset Beach, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Lower porton of body recovered 3 days later. Note: rare sighting of shark made at same beach on 11-5-1989

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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