Non-fatal Surfing Attack

1992 Clifton Beach, southwest of Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1992

⏰ 19h30

📍 Location

Clifton Beach, southwest of Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 19

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark allegedly took his surfboard & slashed his wetsuit. Shark involvement questionable

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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