List of all shark attacks by Great White shark
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
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| Country | Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTRALIA | South Neptune Island | 27-06-1998 | 14h00 | Thought to involve a 5.5 m white shark named Kong | Free diving for abalone | FATAL, left thigh and lower leg severely injured | YES | 26yo Doug Chesser |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Gonubie, 13 km northeast of East London | 21-06-1998 | 09h55 | White shark | Body Boarding | FATAL, hands & calf bitten | YES | 20yo Anton deVos |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Sardinia Bay near Port Elizabeth | 28-05-1998 | 2 hours after Opperman | 3 m to 4 m [10' to 13'] white shark | Body boarding | Right shoulder & arm bitten | NO | 15yo Marc Jucker |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Keurbooms | 15-05-1998 | 14h45 | 4 m [13'] white shark | Body boarding | Lower legs bitten, foot severed | NO | 22yo Neal Stephenson |
| USA | Gleneden Beach | 20-04-1998 | 09h30 | 5 m [16.5'] white shark | Surfing (lying prone on his board) | Right thigh bitten | NO | 50yo John Forse |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Saldanha Bay | 14-03-1998 | 17h30 | 3 m [10'] white shark | Snorkeling – hunting crayfish and abalone | Lower leg lacerated | NO | 33yo Kevin Dewey |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Pringle Bay, 44 miles southeast of Cape Town | 27-12-1997 | 14h00 | White shark | Spearfishing | FATAL | YES | 39yo Ian James Hill |
| AUSTRALIA | Albany | 08-11-1997 | Morning | White shark | Scuba diving (submerged riding a scooter) | Left arm lacerated when shark grabbed scooter | NO | 42yo Kevin Hulkes |
| AUSTRALIA | Cottesloe Beach, Perth | 27-10-1997 | 5.5 m [18'] white shark | Surf-skiing | Sierakowski suffered a minor facial injury, ski bitten in half by shark | NO | 51yo Brian Sierakowski & Barney Hanrahan | |
| USA | Clam Beach, near Eureka, Humboldt County | 23-08-1997 | 12h30 | 5 m [16.5'] white shark | Surfing (sitting on his board) | Leg & hand bitten | NO | 29yo Scott Yerby |
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