Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

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

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 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.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.