Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2007 Kaikoura, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2007

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Kaikoura, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark bit surfboard & severed leash

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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