Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2015 Surf City, North Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2015

⏰ 12h25

📍 Location

Surf City, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 6

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Minor injury to foot

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger 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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks can only live in salt water.