Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1997 Pringle Bay, 44 miles southeast of Cape Town, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Pringle Bay, 44 miles southeast of Cape Town, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 39

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 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

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.