Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

2023 Matavai Bay, Arue, Papetee, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2023

⏰ 14h35

📍 Location

Matavai Bay, Arue, Papetee, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA

🌍 FRENCH POLYNESIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Buttock bitten

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Reef 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.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.