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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Non Fatal
| Country | Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTRALIA | Burleigh Heads, Brisbane | 17h15 | White shark, 3m, seen in area and hooked 3 days later | Body surfing | Part of buttocks & fingers severed | NO | 21yo Leo Vincent Ryan | |
| FRANCE | Antibes | White shark | Bathing | Leg severed | NO | seaman | ||
| AUSTRALIA | Triabunna | White shark, 3.9 m, 550 kg, male | Fishing for cod | No injury to occupant, shark grabbed rudder and dragged the dinghy stern-first | NO | 18yo a dinghy, occupant Neil Parker | ||
| SOUTH AFRICA | Saldanha Bay | White shark (tooth fragments recovered) | Fishing | Shark rammed boat & bit transom | NO | 5 m skiboat | ||
| AUSTRALIA | Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbor, Sydney | 14h35 | 3.6 m white shark (or bronze whaler) | Swimming | FATAL, legs bitten | YES | 25yo Bruno Aloysius Rautenberg | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Melkbaai, False Bay | 17h30 | White shark, 4.5 m [14'9"], identity confirmed by witness & tooth pattern | Swimming | Torso & arm bitten | NO | 23yo Servy LeRoux | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Hartenbos | 16h30 | White shark, according to witnesses | Swimming | FATAL, body not recovered | YES | 17yo Albert Schmidt | |
| USA | Ramshorn Creek | White shark | Fishing (Seining) | Lacerations to left hand | NO | 15yo Archibald Rutledge | ||
| AUSTRALIA | South Steyne, Manly | 15h00 | White shark | Swimming | FATAL, taken by shark, body not recovered. Twenty months later, in October 1937, meshing (setting anti-shark gill nets) began at metropolitan beaches | YES | 14yo David Paton | |
| USA | Tomales Point, Marin County | 14h00 | White shark, 4.9 m [16'] | Skindiving for abalone (but at surface) | Foot & swim fin bitten | NO | 48yo Frank I. Gilbert |
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