Non-fatal Swimming Attack

1963 Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1963

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 24

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower leg bitten & foot severed, leg surgically amputated below knee

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks are colorblind.