Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack

2003 Between Magic Sands Beach and Kahaluu Beach on the Kona coast, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2003

⏰ 11h45

📍 Location

Between Magic Sands Beach and Kahaluu Beach on the Kona coast, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 20

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Right calf & heel bitten

🦈 Species Information

Reef Shark

This species has been involved in 81 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Reef Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks have been around longer than trees.

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Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

You're more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a shark.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.