Date of attack: | May 4th 2004 |
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Location: | Channel between South Padre Island & Padre Island National Seashore, Texas |
Shark species: | 1.8 m [6'] Mako shark |
Name of victim: | Rachel Gore |
Age of victim: | 28 years old |
Sex of victim: | M |
Activity: | Tandem surfing |
Injury: | No injury, board bitten |
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- J.P. Luby Surf Park, Corpus Christi, Texas | 10-Jun-2000
- Mustang Island State Park, Nueces County, Texas | 22-Jul-1990
- Mustang Island, Corpus Christi, Texas | 07-Jul-2000
- Mustang Island, Nueces County, Texas | 07-Jul-2011
- Mustang Island, near Port Aransas, Texas | 12-Jul-1987
- Mustang Island, Nueces County, Texas | 19-Aug-1990
- Mustang Island, near Port Aransas, Texas | 18-Apr-1987
- Mustang Island, near Port Aransas, Texas | 12-Jul-1987
- Mustang Island, Corpus Christi, Texas | 02-Jun-2005
- Near Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas | 19-Aug-1990
- Port Aransas, Texas | 06-Jul-1995
- Grass Island, Aransas County, Texas | 28-Aug-2011
- South Padre Island, Texas | 04-Jul-24
- South Padre Island, Texas | 04-Jul-24
- South Padre Island, Texas | 04-Jul-24
- Isla Blanca Park, South Padre Island, Texas | 07-Oct-2006
- Isla Blanca Park, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas | 07-Apr-2005
- South Padre Island, Texas | 10-Sep-2004
- South Padre Island, Texas | 24-Jul-2009
- South Padre Island, Texas | 24-Jul-1984
- South Padre Island, Texas | 24-Jul-1984
- Sunday Beach, Matagorda Island, Calhoun County, Texas | 07-Jul-2011
- Matagorda Beach, Texas | Reported 29-Mar-2011