Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2006 Fish Hoek, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2006

⏰ 16h30

📍 Location

Fish Hoek, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, surf ski bitten

🦈 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.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.