Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2004 Velzyland, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2004

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Velzyland, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Disappeared, surfboard washed ashore, marks on leash suggested shark involvement

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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