Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2011 Angourie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ 05h45

📍 Location

Angourie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

5 puncture wounds to thigh

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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