Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Fatal Great White Shark Attack

2011 Lookout Beach, near the Keurbooms river mouth in Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2011

⏰ 09h11

📍 Location

Lookout Beach, near the Keurbooms river mouth in Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 49

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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