Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

1996 Waihere Bay, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1996

⏰ 10h00

📍 Location

Waihere Bay, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 23

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Back, arms & wrist severely lacerated

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can detect electrical fields.

Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks have been around longer than trees.

Sharks sleep like humans do.