Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1982 Daws Island, Broad River (near Beaufort), South Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1982

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Daws Island, Broad River (near Beaufort), South Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Ca. 33

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Human remains recovered from tiger shark

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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