List of all shark attacks in mexico
Fatal Attacks
44
Unprovoked Attacks
68
Total Attacks
95
There have been a total of 95 shark attacks in MEXICO. Out of those, 44 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 46.32%. 68 attacks came out of the blue while 27 have been provoked by humans.
Provoked
Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampico | Swimming | Right leg severed below knee | NO | Crew member of Casanova | |||
| Acapulco | FATAL, leg severed, other leg lacerated | YES | "middle-age"yo French woman | ||||
| Foot severed | NO | male | |||||
| Free diving | FATAL | YES | Rosario Bianci | ||||
| Chinchorro Banks | A.M. | Wading | FATAL, legs bitten | YES | Lobster fishermen x 2 | ||
| Descano Point | Fishing | Hooked shark capsized rowboat & the 2 men were drowned PROVOKED INCIDENT | YES | 36 & 23yo Efrain Ybarra & Francisco Durazzo | |||
| Acapulco | Slapped shark on tail as it swam by | Shark turned & severed his leg PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | male | |||
| Acapulco | 17h30 | Invalid | Free diving | No injury | NO | 19yo Arthur R. Satz | |
| 15h00 | Free diving | Lower leg severely injured | NO | 16yo Brian Lanse | |||
| Tampico | 1.8 m shark | The Ward liner Esperanza stranded during a gale & she leapt overboard to rescue her dog which had been swept overboard. | FATAL | YES | Ofelia Rivas |
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