Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1966 Coledale Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1966

⏰ 14h00

📍 Location

Coledale Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 13

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Left leg & lower right leg bitten, taken ashore with shark still grasping his leg

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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