Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1975 Fluted Cape, Bruny Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1975

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Fluted Cape, Bruny Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 37

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can only live in salt water.