Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2001 Noraville, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2001

⏰ 17h45

📍 Location

Noraville, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 33 or 37

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Chest lacerated, surfboard bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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