Incident Report
Tiger Shark Incident During Swimming at Greenmount Beach, 1983
gold coast, greenmount beach, Queensland·Australia
A 10-year-old male swimmer sustained minor lacerations to the thigh in a tiger shark encounter at Greenmount Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland in November 1983.
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In November 1983, a shark incident occurred at Greenmount Beach on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. A 10-year-old male swimmer was injured when a tiger shark made contact, resulting in minor lacerations to the thigh. The victim survived the encounter with non-fatal injuries. The incident took place in coastal waters at this popular swimming location. Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are large predatory sharks found in tropical and subtropical waters and are known to inhabit Australian coastal regions. This incident represents one of the relatively few shark-human interactions recorded at this location during the 1980s.