Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1979 Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1979

⏰ 10h20

📍 Location

Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Multiple major Injuries

🦈 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 are colorblind.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.