Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

2016 Coral Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2016

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Coral Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury but shark punctured his wetsuit after he prodded it with his spear PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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