Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2010 Near oil rig Hondo, 5 nm from Gaviota, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2010

⏰ 12h40

📍 Location

Near oil rig Hondo, 5 nm from Gaviota, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, kayak bitten

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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