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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTRALIA | Lady Julia Percy Island | 28-11-1964 | 14h30 | White shark, 2.4 m [8'] | Free diving with seals | Left leg severed | NO | 25yo Henri Bource |
| AUSTRALIA | North Solitary Island, 8 miles from Wolli | 12-11-1964 | White shark, 2.7 m [9'1"], 750-lb | Filming underwater, carrying powerhead | Shark made threat display, then diver hit it with powerhead PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 25yo Jon Harding | |
| USA | Palm Beach, Palm Beach County | 07-07-1964 | white shark | Tagging sharks | No injury to occupant, hooked shark rammed & bit boat PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 18' boat of Morris Vorenberg | |
| NEW ZEALAND | West of Pukerua Bay, Wellington | 09-02-1964 | 18h30 | White shark, 3 m [10'] | Spearfishing | No injury to diver, shark bit speargun | NO | 26yo Dr. Ken R. Markham |
| NEW ZEALAND | St. Clair Beach, Dunedin | 04-02-1964 | 06h45 | White shark, 3 m to 3.7 m [10' to 12'] | Swimming | FATAL, both legs bitten & right leg severed at knee | YES | 19yo Leslie Francis Jordan |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 20 m from shore at Strand | 20-01-1964 | 11h00 | White shark, 3.6 m [11'9"] | Shark watching | No injury to occupants, shark holed boat | NO | Motor boat, occupants: Quintus Du Toit, J.H. van Heerden & J.P. Marais |
| USA | Southeast Farallon Island | 10-01-1964 | 12h00 | White shark (tooth fragment recovered) | Spearfishing / Scuba diving (at surface) | Leg & thigh bitten | NO | 21yo Jack Rochette |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Hartenbos | 19-12-1963 | 12h00 | White shark, 1.7 m [5.5'] | Spearfishing | Foot lacerated | NO | Cornelius G. Coetzee |
| AUSTRALIA | 55 miles south of Adelaide | 07-12-1963 | 12h45 | White shark | Spearfishing | Torso & hand lacerated | NO | 23yo Rodney Fox |
| AUSTRALIA | Mermaid Beach | 13-11-1963 | White shark, 15'2" | Catching sharks under government contract | No injury to occupant, netted shark rammed & bit boat PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | boat Nora, occupant Bruce Harris |
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