Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack

2018 Samurai Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 07h00

📍 Location

Samurai Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 50

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Injury to upper right arm

🦈 Species Information

Bull Shark

This species has been involved in 223 documented attacks in our database.

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