Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2020 Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2020

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No inury, ski damaged

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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