Incident Report

Eastern Cape, South Africa

Saturday, May 30, 1959

Non-fatalSpearfishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Hand

Injury Severity

Minor

Injury Details

No injury, diver shot shark & it bit his speargun PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Time in Water

Extended

Environmental

Moon Phase

Last Quarter

Season

Autumn (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Friday

Individual

Name

Tony Dicks

Age

Sex

Activity

Spearfishing

Location

Address

Eastern Cape, South Africa

Body of Water

Indian Ocean

Location Type

Bay

Coordinates

-32.8494, 27.4464

Eastern Cape, South Africa

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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