Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2019 Pitt Island or Chatham Island, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2019

⏰ Morning

📍 Location

Pitt Island or Chatham Island, Chatham Islands, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 45

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Shark rammed him but no injury

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

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