Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2008 West Cove, Catalina Island, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2008

⏰ 09h00

📍 Location

West Cove, Catalina Island, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 40

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury. Shark bumped kayak, flinging her into the water.

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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