Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

2013 North Pass, Fakarava, Tuamotus, FRENCH POLYNESIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2013

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

North Pass, Fakarava, Tuamotus, FRENCH POLYNESIA

🌍 FRENCH POLYNESIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 53

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Underside of board, fins and, harness were damaged, and left hip, thigh and buttock sustained puncture wounds

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Reef Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.