Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2024 November 1 Sand Piles Waiehu Beach Park, Maui, Hawaii

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2024 November 1

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📍 Location

Sand Piles Waiehu Beach Park, Maui, Hawaii

🌍 Hawaii

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 61

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right leg severted below knee

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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