List of all shark attacks by Oceanic Blacktip shark
Fatal Attacks
0
Unprovoked Attacks
95
Total Attacks
106
Oceanic Blacktip shark is responsible for 106 attacks. Out of those, none have thankfully been fatal. 95 attacks came out of the blue while 11 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Country | Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | 11-04-2001 | 12h34 | Possibly a juvenile blacktip or spinner shark | Body boarding | Foot & ankle lacerated | NO | 12yo John Fasio, Jr |
| USA | New Smyrna Beach / Waveland, Volusia County | 11-04-2001 | 11h53 | Possibly a 1.5 m [5'] blacktip or spinner shark | Surfing | Foot lacerated | NO | 22yo Richard Lloyd |
| USA | New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | 11-04-2001 | 16h05 | Possibly a juvenile blacktip or spinner shark | Surfing | Small cuts on big & pinky toes of left foot | NO | 21yo Emmet Browning |
| USA | New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | 10-04-2001 | 8:04 pm | Possibly a juvenile blacktip or spinner shark | Surfing | Minor cuts on right heel & foot | NO | 19yo Elren Thresher |
| USA | New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | 09-04-2001 | Possibly a juvenile blacktip or spinner shark | Surfing | Foot lacerated | NO | 16yo a surfer from Port Orange | |
| USA | New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | 05-10-2000 | 14h30 | Blacktip shark, 2' | Surfing | Fingers lacerated | NO | 23yo Austin White |
| USA | St. Augustine, St. Johns County | 11-08-2000 | 16h45 | Blacktip shark, 2.4 m to 3 m [8' to 10'] | Standing | Severely bitten on lower leg | NO | 44yo Margaret White |
| USA | Smyrna Dunes Park, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | 01-07-2000 | 14h45 | 0.9 m [3'] shark, probably a blacktip or spinner shark | Standing | Left thigh lacerated | NO | 19yo Danielle Shidemantle |
| USA | J.P. Luby Surf Park, Corpus Christi | 09-06-2000 | 16h00 | Blacktip shark, 1.2 m to 1.8 m [4' to 6'] | Surfing | Foot lacerated | NO | 17yo Kenny Alexander |
| ENGLAND | The Fountain Pub in Tenbury Wells | 13-02-2000 | Miami, a 60 cm blacktip shark and two 60 cm bamboo catsharks | Feeding prawns to captive sharks | Fingers bitten PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Paul Smith, a chef |
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