Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Diving Attack

1996 Charles Street Wharf, Parramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1996

⏰ Night

📍 Location

Charles Street Wharf, Parramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left leg & right testicle bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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