Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2013 Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2013

⏰ 17h30

📍 Location

Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 10

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark became entangled in his surfboard leash

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

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