Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

2013 Bay Head, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2013

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Bay Head, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, swim fin bitten

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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