Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Diving Attack

1942 Great Barrier Reef, off Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Great Barrier Reef, off Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hands, arms & knee lacerated

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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