Shark Incidents

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Non-fatal Wading Attack

2018 Trinidad Beach, Huboldt County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ 14h11

📍 Location

Trinidad Beach, Huboldt County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 58

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Surf washed the dying shark against her foot PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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