Non-fatal Diving Attack

2017 Hawston, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Hawston, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, but death was probably due to drowning

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Shark attacks are increasing every year.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.