Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1979 Ano Nuevo Island, San Mateo, County, California, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1979

⏰ 10h00

📍 Location

Ano Nuevo Island, San Mateo, County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, swim fin bitten

🦈 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.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks are colorblind.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.