Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1959 120 miles southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1959

⏰ 01h32

📍 Location

120 miles southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Body recovery efforts were hampered by large sharks but sharks did not cause the deaths.

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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