Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2019 North Salmon Creek Beach, Sonoma County, California, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

North Salmon Creek Beach, Sonoma County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 28

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark severed surfboard leash

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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