Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

2003 Near the lagoon at Table View, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2003

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📍 Location

Near the lagoon at Table View, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 14

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Probable scavenging. The boy disappeared while at the beach on January 1st. His decomposed shark-bitten body washed ashore January 17th

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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