AUSTRALIA | New South Wales | Green Island

Incident Details:

year: 2012
location: Green Island
area: New South Wales
country: AUSTRALIA
fatality: non-fatal
species: Sandtiger
victim: unknown
gender: M
age: 31
injury: Minor puncture wounds to knee
time: 16h45
species detail: Sand tiger shark
source: ABC News, 12/2/2012
species: Sandtiger shark
date: 02-Dec-12
activity: Spearfishing

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 2012 on the date reported as 02-Dec-12 - unknown, a male aged 31 was Spearfishing near Green Island. A Sandtiger shark was reported to have attacked unknown. The attack was non-fatal (Minor puncture wounds to knee)