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 | Bar Beach, Newcastle | 15h00 | White shark, 3.6 m [11'9"] | Lifesaving exhibition | FATAL | YES | 20yo Ray Land | |
| SOUTH AFRICA | South Beach, Durban | 14h30 | White shark, 3.7 m [12'] according to witnesses | Body surfing | FATAL, body not recovered | YES | 14yo Clive Dumayne | |
| USA | Atascadero Beach, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County | 13h30 | White shark | Swimming | FATAL, seen with arm in mouth of shark. Body not recovered. | YES | 25yo Peter Savino | |
| USA | Spring Lake, Monmouth County | Afternoon | Thought to involve a 2.6 m [8.5'] white shark | Swimming | FATAL | YES | Charles Bruder | |
| ARGENTINA | Miramar Beach, 46 km south of Mar de Plata, Buenos Aires | 13h05 | White shark tooth fragment recovered from ankle & identified by Dr. W. I. Follett | Floating | Arm & left calf bitten, right leg lacerated | NO | 18yo Alfredo Aubone | |
| AUSTRALIA | West Beach, near Adelaide | 18h00 | White shark | Swimming. Passer-by, Len Bedford, heard him shriek , saw shark leap from the water & swimmer disappeared | FATAL | YES | 13yo Ray Bennett | |
| MONTENEGRO | Budva | White shark, 6.5 m | Swimming | FATAL | YES | Romasevic | ||
| MALTA | between Filfla Island and Wied iz-Zurrieq | Porbeagle or white shark | Fishing | No injury to occupants, but Emmanuel "later died of shock in hospital" | NO | boat: occupants: Nazzareno Zammit & Emmanuel | ||
| USA | La Jolla, San Diego County | 17h10 | Reported to involve a White shark, 6 m to 7m [20' to 23'] | Free diving for abalone | FATAL, body not recovered | YES | 33yo Robert Pamperin | |
| AUSTRALIA | Triabunna | White shark, 3.6 m, 420 kg male | Sitting on side of dinghy mending a net | No injury to occupant, shark bit side of dinghy | NO | Neil Drake |
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