List of all shark attacks in samoa
Fatal Attacks
1
Unprovoked Attacks
5
Total Attacks
8
There have been a total of 8 shark attacks in SAMOA. Out of those, 1 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 12.50%. 5 attacks came out of the blue while 3 have been provoked by humans.
Provoked
Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nofoali’i | 14-09-2017 | Night | Fishing | Injuries to hands and legs | NO | male | |
| 26-11-2010 | Morning | Fishing | Serious wounds to chest | NO | 47yo male | ||
| North of Northeast Samoa | Placed hand in disemboweled shark’s jaws | Hand lacerated PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Takai Otiai | |||
| Apia Harbor | Leg severed | NO | German sailor | ||||
| Opposite Apelima & Manona | Copra vessel with 19 on board was wrecked in a squall | Thigh bitten | NO | female | |||
| 23-05-1944 | 5' shark | Minor injury when shark tore off his boot | NO | a male from the Second Seabee Battalion | |||
| 01-11-1939 | Fishing | FATAL | YES | a Samoan boy | |||
| Apia Harbour | 07-08-1890 | Bathing | Both legs severed | NO | Hermann Schwebke |
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