Date30-Jun-1971
TypeUnprovoked
CountrySOUTH AFRICA
LocationMossel Bay
ActivitySurfing
SpeciesWhite shark, 3 m [10'], species identity confirmed by witnesses & tooth pattern in leg & board
InjuryLeg & surfboard bitten
VictimGideon Scheltema, Male, 21 years old
Time15h35
SourceG. Scheltema, M. Levine, GSAF; J. Bass, ORI
Shark Data Lab