Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1990 Silver (Silva) Channels, Waialua, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1990

⏰ <07h30

📍 Location

Silver (Silva) Channels, Waialua, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Ankle lacerated, lower left leg severely abraded

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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