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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USA | El Pescador Beach, Los Angeles County | 05-09-2015 | 17h30 | White shark, 11' to 12' | Stand-Up Paddleboarding | No injury, shark struck board, tossing her into the sea | NO | 50yo Caterina Gennaro |
AUSTRALIA | Hallidays Point | 03-09-2015 | 11h30 | White shark, 2.5 m | Surf-skiing | Inuries to lower left leg & ankle | NO | 62yo David Quinliven |
USA | Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo County | 28-08-2015 | 10h25 | White shark, 11' to 12' | Surfing | No injury, surfboard bitten | NO | 54yo Elinor Dempsey |
USA | Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County | 28-08-2015 | 10h00 | White shark, 10' to 12' | Surfing | No injury, shark struk sufer's leg and his board | NO | 21yo Daniel Phillips |
USA | Santa Barbara County | 17-08-2015 | 07h30 | White shark, 13' | Kayak Fishing | No injury, kayak bitten | NO | 22yo Connor Lyon |
AUSTRALIA | Evans Head | 30-07-2015 | 06h00 | White shark | Surfing | Lacerations and puncture wounds to hip, thigh, arm and hand | NO | 52yo Craig Ison |
AUSTRALIA | Lachan Island, Mercury Passage | 24-07-2015 | 10h00 | White shark, 3.9 to 4.2 m | Scallop diving on hookah | FATAL | YES | 46yo Damien Johnson |
SOUTH AFRICA | Jeffrey's Bay | 18-07-2015 | White shark | Surfing | No injury | NO | 34yo Mick Fanning | |
USA | Huntington Beach, Orange County | 09-07-2015 | 08h45 | White shark, 7' | Surfing | No injury, shark bumped & damaged board | NO | 38yo Danny Miskin |
AUSTRALIA | Lennox Head | 02-07-2015 | 09h00 | White shark | Surfing | No injury, shark bit surfboard | NO | 52yo Michael Hoile |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?