Date12-Nov-1979
TypeProvoked
CountrySOUTH AFRICA
LocationMacassar
ActivityShark fishing
SpeciesWhite shark, 5 m
InjuryNo injury to occupants; hooked shark tore out part of transom, bit skeg of motor and snapped the steel trace PROVOKED INCIDENT
Victimskiboat, occupants: Gustav Boettger, Clive Mason, Keith Murrison & Sweis Olivier
SourceGSAF
Shark Data Lab