Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2003 East side of Bench Island in the Foveaux Strait, Southland, NEW ZEALAND

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2003

⏰ 11h45

📍 Location

East side of Bench Island in the Foveaux Strait, Southland, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 44

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Arm lacerated (shark made 3 strikes)

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Shark attacks are increasing every year.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.