Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1956 Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1956

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, sharks bit propellers, etc

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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