Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1995 Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1995

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 14

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right thigh bitten & femur exposed, shallow lacerations on right calf & left thigh & fingers lacerated

🦈 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 can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks are colorblind.