Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2019 Off Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ 10h20

📍 Location

Off Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Snorkeling

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 28 & 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Raddon’s right foot was severed and Maggs sustained serious lacerations to his lower right leg.

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks don't get cancer.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.