Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1886 Hamakua Homakua, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1886

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hamakua Homakua, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

The body of one woman had been bitten by a shark but it is not known if she was alive at the time, the other woman disappeared

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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