Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1942 Between Hawaii and U.S.A., PACIFIC OCEAN

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1942

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Between Hawaii and U.S.A., PACIFIC OCEAN

🌍 PACIFIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

One man drove a knife through rubberized canvas trying to stab a shark & it injured him with its tail PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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