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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| Country | Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH AFRICA | Nahoon, East London | 23-07-1982 | 16h00 | 2.4 m [8'] white shark, species identity confirmed by tooth fragment | Paddleskiing | No injury, ski bitten | NO | 38yo Brian ‘Archie’ Plumb |
| USA | Point Buchon, San Luis Obispo County | 23-07-1982 | 11h00 | 4.5 m to 5.5 m [14.7' to 18'] white shark | Paddle Boarding | No Injury, board bitten | NO | 26yo Casimir Pulaski |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Ntlonyana Bay | 28-06-1982 | 09h30 | 2.4 m [8'] white shark, species identity confirmed by witnesses & tooth pattern in surfboard | Surfing | FATAL | YES | 27yo Alex Macun |
| AUSTRALIA | South Cape Bay | 27-02-1982 | 5.5 m [18''] white shark | Spearfishing | FATAL, body not recovered | YES | 32yo Geert Talen | |
| USA | Stillwater Cove, Sonoma County | 06-02-1982 | 11h00 | 5 m [16.5'] white shark | Scuba diving (submerged) | Calf & ankle bitten | NO | Donald "Harvey" Smith |
| ITALY | Lacona, Isola d'Elba | 31-12-1981 | 6 m [20'] white shark | Boat | No details | NO | Giovanni Vuoso | |
| ITALY | Biodola, Isola d'Elba | 31-12-1981 | White shark | Fishing on a boat | No injury | NO | Giuseppe Campodonico | |
| USA | South Moss Beach, Spanish Bay, Monterey Peninsula | 18-12-1981 | Evening | 7 m [23'] white shark | Surfing | FATAL, torso bitten | YES | 24yo Lewis Boren |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Mossel Bay | 18-10-1981 | 3.5 m [11.5'], 510-kg [1125-lb] hooked & shot white shark | Inspecting teeth of supposedly dead (hooked & shot) shark | Hand lacerated PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Callie Van Aswegan | |
| SOUTH KOREA | Wae-yeon Island | 22-05-1981 | 12h30 | 6 m white shark | Shell diving | FATAL | YES | 27yo Pak Kyong-sun |
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