Shark Attack Database

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Shark Attack in Cormandel, North Island, NEW ZEALAND (2016)

🟡 Moderate Attack
Mako Shark

This attack involved a mako shark

Attack Statistics

🌍 Global attack #5,972 of 6,882 total
📍 Attack #1 in Cormandel
🦈 Mako Shark attack #60
🏄 Fishing attack #1210

This page contains details about a shark attack that occurred in Cormandel, North Island, NEW ZEALAND on 2016. The incident involved a Mako Shark shark during fishing activities.

Incident Details

Date2016
LocationCormandel, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
ActivityFishing
SpeciesMako Shark
InjuryBite
SexM
AgeAdult (30-39)
TimeAfternoon
📅 Date
2016
📍 Location
Cormandel, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🏄 Activity
Fishing
🦈 Species
Mako Shark
🩺 Injury
Bite
👤 Sex
M
🎂 Age
Adult (30-39)
⏰ Time
Afternoon

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🦈 Other Mako Shark Attacks

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2025 • Fishing
🟡 70 miles off Pensacola, Florida, USA
2023 • Other
🟡 Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA
2021 • Other
🟡 Matauri Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
2018 • Fishing
🟡 Ain Sokhna, Suez, EGYPT
2016 • Swimming

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