Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2008 Clarks Beach, Byron Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2008

⏰ 12h00

📍 Location

Clarks Beach, Byron Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark became tangled in his surfboard leash. The surfer was not injured

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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