Historical reference record — not independently verified

Shark incident at Turtle Beach, Great Courland Bay, Western Tobago, TOBAGO — 2024-04-26

ReportedUnknownNon-fatal

What happened

Historical record: Turtle Beach, Great Courland Bay, Western Tobago, TOBAGO. Recorded date: 2024-04-26. Classification: unknown.

What is known

Recorded classification: unknown

What remains uncertain

Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.

Fact panel

Date: 2024-04-26
Date precision: Exact
Location: Turtle Beach, Great Courland Bay, Western Tobago, TOBAGO
Country: TOBAGO
Activity: Swimming
Incident classification: Unknown
Area / state: Western Tobago
Person / vessel: Peter Smith
Age: 64
Sex: M
Injury / case note: Serious injuries to limbs and abdomen; reports differ on which hand was injured
Outcome: Non-fatal
Species: Bull shark, about 3 m (reported)
Species confidence: Reported
Coordinate precision: Unknown

Incident location

Turtle Beach, Great Courland Bay, Western Tobago, TOBAGO

The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.

Record interpretation

Historical shark-incident data can contain uncertainty, later reclassification, transcription differences, and conflicting dates or species identifications. This page preserves the recovered classification and explicitly avoids inventing missing facts.

Source and editorial provenance

Source: Current GSAF-derived Tobago record cross-checked with international reporting

Source URL: https://www.sharkdatalab.com/en/shark-attacks/country/trinidad-and-tobago/year/2024

Where the source does not record a victim, age, injury, time, or shark identification, that field remains Not recorded.

Sources and verification

Current GSAF-derived Tobago record cross-checked with international reporting — www.sharkdatalab.com
Supports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification

Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.

Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.

Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.