Non-fatal Diving Attack

2012 Ship's Graveyard off Point Lonsdale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2012

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Ship's Graveyard off Point Lonsdale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 42

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Cause of death was drowning & preceded shark involvement

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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