Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2015 Denmark, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2015

⏰ 09h30

📍 Location

Denmark, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Laceration/Puncture

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 37

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

Bruises and abrasions to face, chin, chest, both shins & feet and cut to right hand when her surfboard was struck with force

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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