Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1998 Middleton Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Middleton Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

20 punctures in right foot

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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