Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1926 Hale'iwa, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1926

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Hale'iwa, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, gave sudden shriek & disappeared, body found in shark caught off Kahuka

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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