Non-fatal Diving Attack

1989 Kahe Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ 16h30

📍 Location

Kahe Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Disappeared 15 minutes into shallow dive. Decapitated body minus arm found by divers the following morning, then a large tiger shark appeared and consumed most of remains

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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