Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Diving Attack

2017 Hawston, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ Afternoon

📍 Location

Hawston, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA

🌍 SOUTH AFRICA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 25

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, but death was probably due to drowning

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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