Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1993 Mouth of Wallua River, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1993

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Mouth of Wallua River, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Serious leg wounds

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.