List of all shark attacks in California
Fatal Attacks
19
Unprovoked Attacks
186
Total Attacks
294
There have been a total of 294 shark attacks in California. Out of those, 19 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 6.46%. 186 attacks came out of the blue while 108 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolsa Chica State Park, Orange County | 12-03-2016 | Morning | Shark involvement not confirmed | Surfing | Board reportedly bumped by shark. No injury | NO | unknown |
| Off Leffingwell Landing, San Luis Obispo County | 12-10-2015 | 11h00 | Hammerhead sp. | Kayak Fishing | No injury, shark rammed kayak repeatedly | NO | Jordan Pavacich |
| Horseshoe Rock, Santa Barbara County | 23-09-2015 | 10h45-11h15 | White shark, 19' | Kayak fishing | No injury, kayak damaged | NO | Darren Kenney |
| Gaviota State Beach, Santa Barbara County | 18-09-2015 | Hammerhead shark | Kayak Fishing | No injury | NO | Mark McCracken | |
| 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 |
| Deer Creek Beach, Ventura County | 04-09-2015 | 14h40 | Hammerhead shark. | Kayak Fishing | Laceration to dorsum of foot by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 29yo Dylan Marks |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Santa Barbara County | 17-08-2015 | 07h30 | White shark, 13' | Kayak Fishing | No injury, kayak bitten | NO | 22yo Connor Lyon |
| Cortes Bank | 09-08-2015 | 08h00 | Hammerhead shark. 6' to 7' | Spearfishing | Right hand bitten PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 57yo Richard Shafer |
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