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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off Cay Sal Banks | 05-12-1986 | Adrift after ditching plane in the sea | No injury, bumped by sharks | NO | 37yo Wyatt Walker | ||
| Green Turtle Cay | 07-07-1983 | 12h00 | Spearfishing | Lacerations to left calf | NO | 13yo Eric Gijsendorfer | |
| Off Sandy Point, Great Abaco Island | 21-06-1983 | 16h00 | Spearfishing | FATAL | YES | 15yo Carl James Harth | |
| Carter Cay | 14-06-1983 | 11h00 | 6' blacktip shark | Lacerations to hand & foot | NO | 30yo Roger Yost | |
| Whale Cay | 31-05-1983 | 17h00 | Caribbean reef shark | Spearfishing | Lacerations to thigh & buttocks | NO | Carl Starling |
| North Rat Cay Reef | 25-06-1982 | Lemon shark, 2 m [6'9"] | Spearfishing | Arm severed at elbow | NO | 19yo Philip Sweeting | |
| Gingerbread Reef, east of Little Isaac Island | 06-08-1981 | 12h00 | Mako shark (tooth fragments recovered) | Snorkeling on surface | Upper right arm bitten | NO | 53yo Robert Marx |
| Memory Rock, 18 miles from NW end of the Island | 13-09-1973 | 14h30 | 7' to 8' bull shark | Free diving, Spearfishing | Left hand & forearm lacerated | NO | 11yo Kevin G. Schlusemeyer |
| Anchored off the largest island in the group | Late afternoon | 1.2 m to 1.5 m [4' to 5'] shark | Swimming along side N.E.L. vessel Saluda | Minor injury, ankle scratched by shark's teeth | NO | 48yo Herbert J. Mann | |
| North of Walkers Cay | 12h00 | Tiger shark, <2 m TL | Spearfishing, had fish on his spear | No injury, shark went for diver's leg & missed, diver hit shark on head with speargun & shark bit speargun | NO | 36yo Stanton Waterman |
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