Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1999 Big Island off Kona Village Resort, North Kona, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1999

⏰ 17h20

📍 Location

Big Island off Kona Village Resort, North Kona, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Buttock bitten, hands lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Tiger 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 can detect electrical fields.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.