Non-fatal Surfing Attack

2023 Paia, Maui, Hawaii, USA

📋 Table of Contents

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

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2023

⏰ 13h00

📍 Location

Paia, Maui, Hawaii, USA

🌍 USA

🏊 Activity

Surfing

⚕️ Outcome

Minor

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 45

Gender: F

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

Minor injury. Shark bit surfboard

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Great white sharks are the largest sharks.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

Sharks can smell a drop of blood from miles away.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.