Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Boating Attack

2003 Welagi coastal reef off Drekeniwai, Taveuni, FIJI

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2003

⏰ Night

📍 Location

Welagi coastal reef off Drekeniwai, Taveuni, FIJI

🌍 FIJI

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 40

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL abdomen bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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