Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

2017 Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 39

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark bit off stern of kayak

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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