Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2001 Honeycombs, 250 km south of Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Honeycombs, 250 km south of Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 36

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, 2 m to 2.5 m [6.75' to 8.25'] shark made a threat display

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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