Incident location
Hanalei Point, Hawaii / Kaua‘i, USA
Approximate area: Hawaii
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
The interactive map loads when it comes into view. Incident details remain available as text.
Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for Hawaii from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Record interpretation
Historical shark-incident data can contain uncertainty, later reclassification, transcription differences, and conflicting dates or species identifications. This page preserves the recovered classification and explicitly avoids inventing missing facts.
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Source and editorial provenance
Source: Hawaii archival shark-incident compilation cross-checked against GSAF-derived record
Source URL: https://www.sharkdatalab.com/en/shark-attacks/country/united-states/hawaii/year/1990
Where the source does not record a victim, age, injury, time, or shark identification, that field remains Not recorded.
Sources and verification
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.