Shark Attack Database

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Fatal Great White Shark Attack

1998 Gonubie, 13 km northeast of East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1998

⏰ 09h55

📍 Location

Gonubie, 13 km northeast of East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Other

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, hands & calf bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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