Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2024 July 23 North Shore Beach, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2024 July 23

⏰ 1100hr

📍 Location

North Shore Beach, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

🌍 Australia

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Serious injury to leg

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White 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.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.