Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2005 Surf City, Long Beach Island, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2005

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Surf City, Long Beach Island, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Dorsum of foot/ankle injured by surfboard skeg or other inanimate object.

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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