List of all shark attacks in panama
Fatal Attacks
18
Unprovoked Attacks
27
Total Attacks
32
There have been a total of 32 shark attacks in PANAMA. Out of those, 18 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 56.25%. 27 attacks came out of the blue while 5 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa La Cabaña | 17-10-2009 | 18h30 | Wading | Arm & torso bitten | NO | 10yo female | |
| Red Frog Beach | 30-09-2009 | Swimming/ | FATAL | YES | 20yo male | ||
| Playa Teta | 26-07-2008 | 18h00 | 3' shark | Swimming or surfing | 5 lacerations to left foot | NO | Gerardo Solis |
| 31-10-2003 | Nurse shark, 60 cm to 90 cm [2' to 3'] | Spearfishing | Left forearm bitten PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Richard Hatch | ||
| off Culebra | Fishing with dynamite, afterwards in water retrieving catch | FATAL, leg severed | YES | 14yo Valentin Alonso | |||
| 300 yards west of mouth of the Chagres River | 13h00 | 2.7 m [9'] shark with black-tipped pectoral fins | Bathing | Foot & hand severed | NO | male, a US soldier | |
| Swimming to shore from the Medic | FATAL | YES | male | ||||
| Taboga Island Bay | 10h00 | Moreno’s leg & part of his swim suit found in 9' shark caught two hours after the attack. Identified as carcharhinid shark by L. Schultz & C. Limbaugh on photograph | Swimming | FATAL, multiple injuries including evisceration, 3 fractures of right arm, 5 fingers & leg severed below knee | YES | 17yo Abraham Moreno | |
| Pacific Anchorage off the Panama Canal | After midnight | Inebriated, woke from sleep and fell off deck into the water | Knee bitten | NO | 35yo male | ||
| 18" to 24" shark | Skindiving | Boy seized shark by its tail, shark bit boy’s forearm PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | boy |
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