Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Swimming Attack

2015 Bora Bora, FRENCH POLYNESIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2015

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bora Bora, FRENCH POLYNESIA

🌍 FRENCH POLYNESIA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Parallel lacerations to torso inconsistent with shark bite

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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