Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack

2012 Makena Landing, Maui, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2012

⏰ 15h56

📍 Location

Makena Landing, Maui, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 51

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Puncture wounds to thigh, defense wounds to hand

🦈 Species Information

Tiger Shark

This species has been involved in 335 documented attacks in our database.

📹 Learn More About Tiger Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

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

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.

Sharks are colorblind.