List of all shark attacks in cuba
Fatal Attacks
24
Unprovoked Attacks
31
Total Attacks
46
There have been a total of 46 shark attacks in CUBA. Out of those, 24 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 52.17%. 31 attacks came out of the blue while 15 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miramar subdivision, Havana | Swimming a quarter mile offshore | FATAL, right leg bitten | YES | 23yo Pablo Medina | |||
| Cienfuegos | Fishing | Shark attacked his boat, threatening to capsize it. He jumped overboard & shark bit his arm. He knifed & killed shark. Later his arm was surgically amputated | NO | Gamatano Yugoago | |||
| Free diving, working on U/W scenes for motion picture | FATAL | YES | 30yo Russ Shearman | ||||
| LaPlaya Beach / Vedado, Havana | Evening | Swimming | Right arm & leg bitten, arm & leg surgically amputated | NO | 29yo Emilio Grenet | ||
| Off Jaimanitas Yacht Club, Havana | Swimming to shore from capsized sailboat | FATAL | YES | Majin Alvarez Piedra | |||
| Cojimar | 3.7 m [12'] shark | FATAL, but was it an accident or infanticide? | NO | 2 to 3 monthsyo an infant | |||
| Boqueron | Nurse shark, 58", 34-lb | Spearfishing | Right thigh & left calf injured by speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Dr. H. Warmke | ||
| Cojimar | "a little shark" | Fishing | Forearm slashed wrist to elbow by hooked shark he was trying to club to death PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Romilio | ||
| Havana Harbor | Swimming | Right leg severed at knee. In 1796 he became Lord Mayor of London. In 1778 he commissioned American artist, John Singleton Copley, to paint the incident: Watson and the Shark | NO | 14yo Brook Watson | |||
| Boqueron | Nurse shark, 58", 34-lb | Spearfishing | Knee bitten by shark that his dive buddy had shot PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Dr. D.H. Teas |
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