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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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invalid | M.V. Tropical sank. Sole survivor rode oil drums for 8 days without food or water. | No injury, no attack, sharks in vicinity when the sea was calm | NO | ||||
| Cojimar | Playing on rock, slipped & fell into the water | FATAL | YES | boy | |||
| Hurricane & Tidal Wave | NO | ||||||
| Havana Harbor | Fell overboard | FATAL | YES | a sailor | |||
| Vedado Baths, Miramar, Havana | FATAL (Wire netting installed at local beaches after this incident.) | Swimming | FATAL (Wire netting installed at local beaches after this incident.) | YES | 18yo Manuel Romero | ||
| Matanzas | Painting a ship | FATAL, pulled off float by shark, body not recovered | YES | male | |||
| 20 miles from Havana | Atkins' remains were recovered from a dusky shark, C. obscurus, by Capt. W. F. Young, shark fisherman | seaplane Columbus ditched in the sea | Although this incident is listed elsewhere as a shark attack, the account of the disaster suggests the 4 who perished probably drowned. Five people survived | NO | Edwin F. Atkins, Jr. | ||
| Havana | Fishing for sharks | FATAL, became entangled in fishing line and pulled below the surface | YES | 18yo William Bolster | |||
| Havana Harbor | Fell overboard | FATAL | YES | Robert Ellis | |||
| Havana Harbor | Lost his footing & fell overboard | FATAL, left leg severed below knee, right leg severed above knee by a second shark | YES | Sailor from ship Mobile |
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