List of all shark attacks in usa

Fatal Attacks

187

Unprovoked Attacks

1788

Total Attacks

2310

There have been a total of 2310 shark attacks in USA. Out of those, 187 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 8.10%. 1788 attacks came out of the blue while 522 have been provoked by humans.

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Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

Location	Date	Time	Species	Activity	Injury	Fatal	Person
Daytona Beach, Volusia County	11-08-1975	12h00	1.5 m [5'] shark	Floating on a small orange raft	Calf bitten, leg surgically amputated below the knee Note: by late August, 3 more bathers had been bitten by sharks at Daytona Beach	NO	20yo Henry Peterson
Usal Creek, Bear Harbor, Mendocino County	08-08-1975	13h30	White shark	Free diving for abalone	Shoulder, arm & hand lacerated	NO	44yo Gilbert Brown
	29-07-1975			Sea disaster	FATAL, arms & legs bitten	YES	62yo Grace Conger
Perch Rock, Point Conception, Santa Barbara County	22-07-1975	14h30	White shark, 5.8 m [19']	Scuba diving for abalone (at surface)	Legs bitten	NO	23yo Robert Revstock
Point Conception, Santa Barbara County	18-07-1975	13h30	White shark, 5m to 6m	Hookah diving for abalone	No injury, swim fin torn	NO	34yo Gary Johnson
New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County	14-07-1975	Mid-morning	1.2 m [4'] shark	Swimming	Arm lacerated	NO	14yo Beverly White
Indiatlantic, Brevard County	03-07-1975			Surfing	Foot bitten, tendons damaged	NO	16yo Robert Clark
North Myrtle Beach, Horry County	22-06-1975	14h30		Standing	Hand & wrist bitten	NO	15yo Donna Hutson
Windy Hill, near Myrtle Beach, Horry County	22-06-1975	16h30	4' shark	Swimming	Lacerations to right foot	NO	18yo Jim Krents
5 miles off the coast	14-06-1975			Swimming near his boat	Left leg bitten	NO	27yo William Wayne Daniels

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