Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2009 Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2009

⏰ 07h45

📍 Location

Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark bit nose of surfboard

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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