Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1944 Hartenbos, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1944

⏰ 16h30

📍 Location

Hartenbos, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, body not recovered

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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