Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1993 Goats Island (Moku’auia Island), Malaekahana State Recreation Area, Laie, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1993

⏰ 07h10

📍 Location

Goats Island (Moku’auia Island), Malaekahana State Recreation Area, Laie, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 22

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Feet & ankles bitten

🦈 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

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 must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks have no bones.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.