Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1984 St. George’s Strand, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1984

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

St. George’s Strand, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: Unknown

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Human remains recovered, evidence of scavenging by shark/s

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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