Nicaragua | Pacific Coast | San Jan del Sur

Incident Details:

year: 1960
location: San Jan del Sur
area: Pacific Coast
country: Nicaragua
fatality: non-fatal
species: unknown
victim: boy
gender: M
age: unknown
injury: Survived
time: Morning
species detail: 3.7 m to 4.6 m [12' to 15'] shark
source: J. McAlpine
species: unknown shark
date: 1960
activity: Bathing

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 1960 on the date reported as 1960 - boy, a male aged unknown was Bathing near San Jan del Sur. An unknown shark was reported to have attacked boy. The attack was non-fatal (Survived)