Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack

2023 Nirvana, San Andrés Island, COLOMBIA

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2023

⏰ "Midday"

📍 Location

Nirvana, San Andrés Island, COLOMBIA

🌍 COLOMBIA

🏊 Activity

Diving

⚕️ Outcome

Bite

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 38

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Lower right leg bittenLa Patria, 7/20/2023w

🦈 Species Information

Great White Shark

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

📹 Learn More About Great White Sharks

🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

Test your shark knowledge! Click "Reveal Answer" to see if each statement is a myth or fact, then learn the science behind it.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can regrow their teeth throughout their lives.

Sharks are older than dinosaurs.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks don't get cancer.