Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1992 Chun's Reef, Laniakea, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1992

⏰ 17h30

📍 Location

Chun's Reef, Laniakea, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 30

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Minor lacerations to hand, 15" crescent-shaped piece removed from surfboard

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks don't get cancer.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

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