Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

2002 Hideaways Beach, Princeville, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2002

⏰ 07h50

📍 Location

Hideaways Beach, Princeville, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark fin seen just before board ripped away & dragged out to sea

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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