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01/29/2023 Brigitte Soulard 49 yr New Caledonia

2023 Shark Attacks the Latest Shark Attacks and Shark Attack Related Incidents which include Fatal Attacks to minor injuries bites and attacks where the person fought an aggressive shark.
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Re: 01/29/2023 Anonymous Female 49 yr New Caledonia

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A woman seriously injured by a shark in New Caledonia

Swimming is prohibited on all city beaches until further notice A bulldog shark attacked a bather late Sunday morning on a busy beach in Noumea, New Caledonia, seriously injuring her hands, thigh and back. Swimming is prohibited at all city beaches until further notice. The attack occurred around 10:30 a.m. less than a hundred meters from the shore of Château Royal beach, one of the busiest in Noumea. The cries of the swimmer, who was at the level of the buoy

A bulldog shark attacked a bather late Sunday morning on a busy beach in Noumea, New Caledonia, seriously injuring her hands, thigh and back.

Swimming is prohibited at all city beaches until further notice.

The attack occurred around 10:30 a.m. less than a hundred meters from the shore of Château Royal beach, one of the busiest in Noumea.

The cries of the swimmer, who was at the level of the buoys delimiting the swimming area, a hundred meters from the edge, alerted a stand-up paddler, who was able to put the victim back on his board.

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The 49-year-old woman, injured in both hands, thigh and back, was quickly transferred to hospital, where she was in serious condition on Sunday evening.

The shark was subsequently filmed by several witnesses from the pontoon that crosses the swimming area.

It is a bulldog shark, a species that can be aggressive towards humans, 3 to 4 meters long.



The municipality immediately banned swimming on all the city's beaches, as well as on the islets facing it.

In New Caledonia, sharks are more numerous near the coast during the months of January, February and March, the calving period.

The risk of attack is also greater after heavy rains, such as those experienced by the territory in recent days.

Shark attacks are more common in deep waters, but this is not the first time an accident has occurred in a busy swimming area.

On February 28, 2021, a 57-year-old man died after being bitten by a tiger shark, less than fifty meters from the edge of the beach of Îlot Maître, a tourist hotspot in Noumea.

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01/29/2023 Brigitte Soulard 49 yr New Caledonia

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Noumea beaches closed after shark mauls woman

A shark attack in New Caledonia has prompted the capital city Noumea to close all swimming beaches until further notice.

The shark mauled a 49-year-old woman near a buoy which was marking the swimming area about 100 metres off one of the city's most popular swimming beaches.

A paddle boarder, who heard her screams, came to her rescue, and took her to shore.

With injuries to her hands, thighs and back, she was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

Sharks in New Caledonia's shallow coastal waters are usually more numerous in the summer.

It has been suggested that their presence has also increased because of the run-off following recent heavy rain.

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