List of all shark attacks in bahamas
Fatal Attacks
11
Unprovoked Attacks
89
Total Attacks
115
There have been a total of 115 shark attacks in BAHAMAS. Out of those, 11 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 9.57%. 89 attacks came out of the blue while 26 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hole | 12h00 | Nurse shark, 2.1 m [7'] | Dress diving, filming shark & pulling it through the water for a motion picture scene | Minor injury to shoulder & back PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 38yo E.F. MacEwan | |
| Lerner Marine Laboratory | Lemon shark, 4' | Spearing a shark | Shark that he speared bit his calf PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 41yo Francisco Edmund Blanc, a scientist from National Museum in Paris | ||
| off yacht Serenade | Morning | 200-lb shark | Fishing | Right forearm lacerated | NO | 42yo James Douglas Munn | |
| Nassau, New Providence Island | On expedition filming a feature movie & standing on tripod | No injury, hooked shark rammed tripod PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 18yo George Vanderbilt | |||
| 50 miles off Bahamas | S.S. Ramos foundered in a hurricane. Captain & 14 crew in water-logged lifeboats. | FATAL. When the survivors were rescued next day they were clubbing sharks with oars. "Sharks were so thick that it was difficult to row" | YES | Mr. Wichman | |||
| 31-12-1968 | 10' shark | Sight-seeing | No injury to occupants, shark grabbed prop, Leodorn hit shark with oar, shark bit oar in half PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 14' boat, occupant: Jonathan Leodorn | ||
| 28-10-1968 | 22h00 | Calf injured Recorded as PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | John DeBry | |||
| Children's Bay Cay near Rollerville | 09-07-1968 | Small boat with 2 men onboard hit a submerged coral formation. Men began swimming to shore | FATAL, taken by shark | YES | male | ||
| Spanish Wells | 24-06-1968 | 1.5 m to 2 m [5' to 6.75'] Caribbean reef shark | Spearfishing | Bumped shoulder, bit head | NO | 17yo Roy Pinder | |
| Andros Island | 31-07-1967 | Early afternoon | 1.5 m to 1.8 m [5' to 6'] sandbar shark | Photographing sharks underwater using Scuba | No injury, shark struck camera | NO | 41yo Richard Winer |
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