List of all shark attacks in greece
Fatal Attacks
15
Unprovoked Attacks
18
Total Attacks
25
There have been a total of 25 shark attacks in GREECE. Out of those, 15 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 60.00%. 18 attacks came out of the blue while 7 have been provoked by humans.
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Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 nautical miles off Othonoi Island | 27-12-2014 | Shark involvement prior to death still to be determined | Of 9 bodies recovered, one was bitten by a shark | NO | Passenger ferry Norman Atlantic | ||
| Near Symi Island | 31-12-2002 | Free diving for sponges | FATAL | YES | male | ||
| 29-12-1983 | 02h45 | Invalid | Spearfishing | Coroner determined the man was killed by a boat propeller, not a tiger shark | NO | 36yo Ioannis Chrysafis | |
| 31-12-1980 | Free diving / spearfishing, | Minor injury | NO | an Austrian tourist | |||
| Dodecanese Islands | Questionable | Jumped overboard | Shark involvement unconfirmed | NO | Nickolas Doulis | ||
| Shipwrecked Persian Fleet | Herodotus tells of sharks attacking men in the water | YES | males | ||||
| Symi Island | Sponge diving | Head bitten | NO | Psarofa-gomenes | |||
| In the haven of Cantharus | Washing his pig in preparation for a religious ceremony | FATAL, shark "bit off all lower parts of him up to the belly" | YES | A candidate for initiation | |||
| Keratsini | 16h00 | Said to be 6.4 m [21'] shark | Swimming | FATAL | YES | 17yo Dimitris Parassakis | |
| Said to involve a white shark but shark involvement not confirmed | Surfing | Knee bitten | NO | male |
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