Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1995 Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1995

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 29

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, head, shoulder and arm severed, remains recovered at Munglinup Beach on 9/13/1995

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

This species has been involved in 744 documented attacks in our database.

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