Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack

2018 Bald Head Island, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2018

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Bald Head Island, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Wading

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 16

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Injury to calf

🦈 Species Information

Blacktip Shark

This species has been involved in 113 documented attacks in our database.

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