Shark Attack Database

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Shark Attack in Yallingup Lagoon, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA (2023)

🟡 Moderate Attack
Wobbegong Shark

This attack involved a wobbegong shark

Attack Statistics

🌍 Global attack #6,748 of 6,882 total
📍 Attack #1 in Yallingup Lagoon
🦈 Wobbegong Shark attack #56
🏄 Snorkeling attack #134

This page contains details about a shark attack that occurred in Yallingup Lagoon, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA on 2023. The incident involved a Wobbegong Shark shark during snorkeling activities.

Incident Details

Date2023
LocationYallingup Lagoon, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
ActivitySnorkeling
SpeciesWobbegong Shark
InjuryBite
SexM
AgeElderly (60+)
📅 Date
2023
📍 Location
Yallingup Lagoon, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🏄 Activity
Snorkeling
🦈 Species
Wobbegong Shark
🩺 Injury
Bite
👤 Sex
M
🎂 Age
Elderly (60+)

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🦈 Other Wobbegong Shark Attacks

🟡 Warriewood, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
2022 • Swimming
🟡 Whalers Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
2022 • Snorkeling
🟡 North Cottesloe , Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
2019 • Swimming
🟡 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
2018
🟡 South Steyne, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
2018 • Surfing

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