Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1970 Waimea Bay, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1970

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Waimea Bay, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Swept out to sea, 5.5 m [18'] shark seen in the vicinity, body not recovered.

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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