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Shark attacks on surfskis and outrigger canoes are relatively rare, but they do occur.

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[[https://www.outsideonline.com/2423563/bite-club-shark-attack-community|Outside Magazine - The Bite Club]] (if the article is not accessible via this original online magazine link (they may limit free reads without a subscription or ultimately remove the link), you can still find it via the Internet Wayback Machine [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210515142338/https://www.outsideonline.com/2423563/bite-club-shark-attack-community|The First Rule of the Bite Club]])

  * [[https://www.google.com/search?channel=cus3&q=surfski+shark+attack|Search for Shark Attacks on Surfskis]]
  * [[https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00NC9M95YdghR-me1n3wK-laEVq9A:1608323387379&ei=OxHdX4bLFoWJ-gTYobawDg&q=outrigger+canoe+shark+attack&oq=outrigger+shark+attack&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAxgAMgYIABAHEB46BAgAEEc6BwgjELACECc6CggAELEDEIMBEA06BAgAEA06CAgAEAgQBxAeOggIABAIEA0QHlCpLVjtPmDqUGgAcAJ4AIABYYgB8wWSAQIxMJgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrIAQjAAQE&sclient=psy-ab|Search for Shark Attacks on Outrigger Canoes]]
  * [[https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/shark-attacks-surf-ski-paddler-at-perth-beach-20120620-20n74.html|2012 Shark Attack - Surfski in Australia]]
  * [[https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-suffers-leg-injuries-in-water-off-nsw-mid-north-coast/4c065b99-1bb9-4e03-9d61-00008ccf7d89|2015 Shark Attack of Surfski in Australia]]
  * [[http://www.nsri.org.za/2016/04/shark-encounter/|2016 Shark/Surfski encounter South Africa]]
  * [[https://www.kitv.com/story/41161325/an-enormous-great-white-shark-sank-its-teeth-into-a-mans-kayak|2019 Shark Kayak Attack California]]
  * [[https://www.surfski.info/latest-news/story/1713/paddler-escapes-unhurt-as-shark-attacks-surfski.html|2019 Shark Surfski Attack South Africa]]
  * [[https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-survives-shark-bite-hawaii-kayaking-husband/story?id=62630414|2019 Shark Kayak Attack Hawaii]]
  * [[https://surfski.info/latest-news/story/1728/it-just-kept-munching-shark-destroys-surfski.html|2023 East London, South Africa]]

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**KwaZulu-Natal Beach Warning, South Africa**

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photo: Bob Putnam, facebook - click to enlarge

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