Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2019 Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ 16h00

📍 Location

Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

🌍 AUSTRALIA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Severe

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 29

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, surfboard severely damaged

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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