Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1968 St. Clair Beach, Dunedin, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ 17h45

📍 Location

St. Clair Beach, Dunedin, South Island, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 17

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Hit in face by shark, arm abraded, surfboard bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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