Fatal Attacks
193
Unprovoked Attacks
286
Total Attacks
463
There have been a total of 463 shark attacks in Unknown. Out of those, 193 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 41.68%. 286 attacks came out of the blue while 177 have been provoked by humans.
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Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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Tiger Beach | 13-07-2016 | Lemon shark, 9' | Scuba Diving | Face bruised when partly blind shark collided with him | NO | Michael Dornellas | |
Côte-Blanche, Nouméa | 01-06-2016 | Afternoon | 3 m shark | Kite surfing | Laceration to heel | NO | Pierre de Rotalier |
25-03-2016 | Nurse shark, 2.5-ft | Minor injury to chest PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 9yo Henry Kreckman | |||
Boat capsized | 18-12-2015 | Sea disaster | FATAL | YES | 58yo Adrian Esteban Rafael | ||
Off Andros Island | 10-12-2015 | Bull shark | Lobster fishing | Bitten on thigh, abdomen & hand | NO | 26yo Richard Pinder | |
31-08-2015 | Tiger shark | Spearfishing | Leg bitten | NO | Viliame Lautiki | ||
St. Leu | 21-07-2015 | Bull shark, 2m | Surfing | Arm bitten | NO | 45yo Rodolphe Arriéguy | |
Off Cabo Rojo | 18-06-2015 | Morning | Spearfishing | Injury to hand | NO | 36yo Benjamin Rios | |
Kouare | 08-05-2015 | Bull shark, 3.5 m | Snorkeling | FATAL | YES | 50yo Yves Berthelot | |
Marsa Alam | 20-03-2015 | Mako shark | Swimming | FATAL | YES | 52yo male |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?