Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2007 Venice Pier, Venice, Los Angeles County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2007

⏰ 20h30

📍 Location

Venice Pier, Venice, Los Angeles County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

4 scratches on left hand

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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