Date04-Dec-1991
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationShelter Cover, north of Fort Bragg, Shelter Cove, Mendocino County
ActivityHookah diving for sea urchins
Species6 m [20'] white shark
InjuryNo injury, shark became tangled in hose & towed him 100'
VictimDavid Abernathy, Male, 25 years old
Time15h06
SourceR. Collier, pp.129-130; Mark Marks; S. Waterman