Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2000 Dyer Island, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2000

⏰ 11h00

📍 Location

Dyer Island, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 48

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Swim fin bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White 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.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Sharks sleep like humans do.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks are colorblind.