Fatal Tiger Shark Attack

1997 Geraldton, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1997

⏰ 18h00

📍 Location

Geraldton, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 41

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Presumed fatal, no body recovered, shark mutilated wetsuit & harness recovered

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

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

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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