Fatal Attacks
144
Unprovoked Attacks
490
Total Attacks
647
Great White shark is responsible for 647 attacks. Out of those, 144 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 22.26%. 490 attacks came out of the blue while 157 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
Country | Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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AUSTRALIA | Cactus Beach near Penong | 23-09-2000 | 07h30 | White shark, 4 m to 5 m [13' to 16.5'] | Surfing | FATAL | YES | 25yo Cameron Bayes |
OKINAWA | Sunayama Beach | 15-09-2000 | 17h00 | White shark, 2.5 m | Surfing | FATAL | YES | 31yo Takayuki Miura |
SOUTH AFRICA | Dyer Island | 09-09-2000 | 11h00 | White shark, 3.5 m [11.5'] male | Free diving | Swim fin bitten | NO | 48yo Gary Adkison |
SOUTH AFRICA | Struis Bay | 18-02-2000 | 14h00 | White shark, 2.5 m | Body surfing | Foot bitten | NO | Dr. Weich |
BRAZIL | Boa Viagem Beach, Recife | 25-12-1999 | Thought to involve a white, bull or tiger shark | Surfing | Leg bitten, surgically amputated | NO | 18yo Alton Cicero da Silva | |
USA | Waddell Reef, Santa Cruz County | 14-11-1999 | White shark | Surfing (sitting on his board) | No injury, board bitten | NO | Jack Wolf | |
ITALY | San Benedetto | 23-09-1999 | Said to involve a 7 m [23'] white shark | Fishing | No Injury to occupants | NO | Boat “Coca Cola” | |
USA | North of Pidgeon Point, San Mateo County | 18-09-1999 | 18h30 | White shark | Kayaking | No injury, but kayak scraped & dented | NO | 37yo Tod Wallersheim |
SOUTH AFRICA | Kogebaai | 28-07-1999 | 14h00 | White shark, 3 m to 5 m [10' to 16.5'] | Surfing | Right thigh bitten | NO | 42yo Sergio Capri |
SOUTH AFRICA | Buffels Bay (near Knysna) | 14-07-1999 | 11h15 | White shark | Boogie boarding | FATAL | YES | 14yo Hercules Pretorius |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?