Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1962 Circeo, Secca del Quadro, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1962

⏰ 10h20

📍 Location

Circeo, Secca del Quadro, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY

🌍 ITALY

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 28

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, multiple injuries to both legs

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.