Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Surfing Attack

1966 Oakura Beach, Taranaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1966

⏰ 15h30

📍 Location

Oakura Beach, Taranaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 15

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, left leg bitten thigh to calf

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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