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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona Beach, Volusia County | a sand shark | Surf fishing | Posterior left ankle bitten | NO | 27yo Joel Healy, Jr. | ||
| North end of Morris Island at mouth of Charleston Harbor | Thought to involve a 2.4 m [8'] lemon shark; two 2.4 m lemon sharks caught within 100 yds of the site a week prior to & a week after this incident | Sitting in 3' of water | Right knee & left leg bitten | NO | 15yo Dayton Hastie | ||
| Santa Barbara Channel | Invalid | fishing boat exploded & sank | Although listed as an uprovoked fatal attack by SAF, he was killed by the explosion. The shark bites were post-mortem | NO | 53yo Dr. Alfred L. Wilkes | ||
| Miami, Miami-Dade County | Bull shark | Helmet diving in Miami Seaquarium | Shark struck helmet, no injury | NO | Jim Kline | ||
| Galveston | Night | Swimming | FATAL | YES | 14yo Hal A. Thompson, Jr. | ||
| Salter Path, Atlantic Beach, Carteret County | 15h15 | White shark | Swimming | FATAL, knee bitten | YES | 57yo Rupert Wade | |
| Hale'iwa, O'ahu | White shark, 3.8 m [12.5'] | Swimming | FATAL, gave sudden shriek & disappeared, body found in shark caught off Kahuka | YES | William J. Goins | ||
| Alligator Head, La Jolla, San Diego County | 19h30 | Hammerhead shark, 1.8 m [6'] S. zygena identified by C. Limbaugh on description | Spearfishing (but on surface) | 14 punctures on right thigh, swim trunks torn | NO | 25yo Verne S. Fleet | |
| Pacific Grove, Monterey Bay, Monterey County | 14h00 | White shark,4.6 m [15'] | Body surfing & treading water | FATAL, leg lacerated | YES | 17yo Barry Wilson | |
| Corpus Christi | Fishing | Knee bitten | NO | W.R. Loesberg |
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