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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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Branch, Monmouth County (offshore) | 15h00 | Blue shark, 8' [2.4 m], 500-lb | Fishing for bluefish | No injury to occupants, shark leapt onboard boat | NO | 22' boat, occupants: Saul White & Charles Dillione | |
| Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County | Blue shark, 4.5 m [14'9"] | Fishing, caught a 15' shark & took it onboard | Severely lacerated arm PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Nathaniel Myrick | ||
| Condado Beach, San Juan | Both calves lacerated | NO | American lawyer | ||||
| 50 miles offshore | 4.6 m [15'] shark | Fishing for bluefish, shark leapt into dory | Arm lacerated by a shark that leapt onto boat | NO | 31yo Captain Manuel Chalor of fishing trawler Nautilus | ||
| Makapu'u Point, O'ahu | Questionable | Hunting seashells | Believed drowned. Uhlbrecht’s foot, and the pelvis & femur of another person recovered in gut of tiger shark shark caught on 17-Aug-1900 | NO | Emil Uhlbrecht & unidentified person | ||
| Off Diamond Head, Honolulu, O'ahu | Swimming | FATAL, disappeared, then shark caught with head and body of man, from waist down minus leg, in its gut | YES | male | |||
| Pacific Beach, San Diego County | White shark | Fishing | No injury to occupant, shark chasing barracuda tied to the stern rammed skiff & slashed the motor | NO | 4.3 m skiff, occupant: Bob Shay | ||
| Oak Beach, Fire Inlet | Questionable incident | On inflatable raft | No injury | NO | male | ||
| High Island | 18h00 | Swimming / floating | Lacerations to arm | NO | A.B. Wattigney | ||
| 120 miles southeast of New Orleans | 01h32 | Invalid | National Airlines DC7B enroute from Miami to Los Angeles with 42 or 46 people on board went down in heavy fog | Body recovery efforts were hampered by large sharks but sharks did not cause the deaths. | NO | All on board perished in the crash |
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