Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1989 Off Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles, California, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1989

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Palos Verdes Estates, Los Angeles, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury to occupants. Shark bit boat's swim step & repeatedly pushed the boat away whenever if came within 4 to 5 m of the whale carcass

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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