Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2014 Winkipop Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2014

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Winkipop Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 42

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark leapt onto surfboard; surfer uninjured

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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