Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1964 North Solitary Island, 8 miles from Wolli, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1964

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

North Solitary Island, 8 miles from Wolli, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Provoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark made threat display, then diver hit it with powerhead PROVOKED INCIDENT

🦈 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

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

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks sleep like humans do.