List of all shark attacks in australia
Fatal Attacks
286
Unprovoked Attacks
960
Total Attacks
1374
There have been a total of 1374 shark attacks in AUSTRALIA. Out of those, 286 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 20.82%. 960 attacks came out of the blue while 414 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dugong Bay | 30-04-2018 | Tawny nurse shark, 2m | Feeding sharks | Shallow lacerations to finger PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 34yo Melisa Brunning | |
| Gearys Beach | 27-04-2018 | 16h50 | Surfing | No injury, knocked off board by shark | NO | Adam Murray | |
| Lennox Head | 24-04-2018 | 07h00 | Questionable | Surfing | No injury | NO | Matthew Lee |
| Surfers Point, Prevelly | 24-04-2018 | 09h30 | 3 m shark | Surfing | No injury, knocked off board by shark | NO | 60yo Rob Bruce |
| South Point, Gracetown | 23-04-2018 | Afternoon | White shark, 3.5 m | Surfing | No injury, shark struck his leg | NO | Nathan Burch |
| Cobblestones, Margaret River Area | 14-04-2018 | 08h00 | Surfing | Lacerations to legs | NO | 37yo Alejandro Travaglini | |
| Lefthanders, Margaret River Area | 14-04-2018 | Surfing | Laceration to right thigh | NO | 41yo Jason Longrass | ||
| Waterman's Bay | 13-03-2018 | 17h35 | Wobbegong shark | Wading | Minor injuries to legs | NO | 10yo Luke Guy & Finn Bald |
| Lorne | 08-03-2018 | 15h30 | 3.5 m shark | Swimming | No injury, said to have been charged by sharks several times | NO | 69yo Rob Crossland |
| Winkipop | 08-03-2018 | 07h30 | 1.8 m shark | Surfing | Minor injury, ankle grazed | NO | 18yo Lachie Brown |
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