Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack

1968 Bluff, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bluff, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 28

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, left elbow & torso bumped by sharks

🦈 Species Information

Hammerhead Shark

This species has been involved in 46 documented attacks in our database.

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