Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2012 Davenport Landing, Santa Cruz County, California, USA

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

📅 Date & Time

2012

⏰ 18h30

📍 Location

Davenport Landing, Santa Cruz County, California, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 42

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No ijnury to boardrider, shark struck board breaking the mast

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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