Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Fishing Attack

1968 Ramsgate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1968

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Ramsgate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Fishing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

Shark leapt into boat, landed on Hlope's back, then bit his left forearm

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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