List of all shark attacks in philippines
Fatal Attacks
36
Unprovoked Attacks
30
Total Attacks
62
There have been a total of 62 shark attacks in PHILIPPINES. Out of those, 36 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 58.06%. 30 attacks came out of the blue while 32 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canacao Bay | 17h45 | Swimming | FATAL, abdominal cavity removed | YES | E.E., water tender of the U.S.S. Dale | ||
| Bohol | FATAL | YES | 23yo Bartolome Mangubat | ||||
| Fort Mills | Standing | FATAL, torso bitten | YES | male (civilian) | |||
| USS Johnston DD 557 sunk on 10/24/1944 in the Battle off Samara. Crewmen were swimming beside a raft. | Clinton was bitten on his back, 2 others did not survive | YES | William Clinton Carter, Jr. & 2 other men | ||||
| Bataan | Fishing, hooked shark towed boat out to sea, storm swamped boat | FATAL, due to drowning PROVOKED INCIDENT | YES | Nicaso Balanoba & Julian Dona | |||
| Bondoc Peninsula | Sea disaster | 55 perished, some were taken by sharks | YES | Inter island ferry Negros foundered during a typhoon | |||
| Manila Bay | Row boat (from the gunboat Elcano) was sinking, put finger in hole | Finger severed | NO | J.J. Dunlap | |||
| 09-10-1968 | Sinking of the ferryboat Dumaguete | Survived | NO | a passenger | |||
| Off Sibuyan Island | 03-11-1967 | Sinking of the M/V Mindoro during a typhoon | Passengers taken by sharks | YES | |||
| Off Cebu | 15-05-1966 | The passenger ship Pioneer Cebu capsized & sank in Typhoon Irma | 130 perished; 136 survived including a man whose foot was severed by a shark | YES | male |
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