Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2017 Sunset Beach, Orange County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ 14h30

📍 Location

Sunset Beach, Orange County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 18

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Laceration to thigh, likely caused by surfboard fin

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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