List of all shark attacks in Red Sea
Fatal Attacks
3
Unprovoked Attacks
6
Total Attacks
9
There have been a total of 9 shark attacks in Red Sea. Out of those, 3 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 33.33%. 6 attacks came out of the blue while 3 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elphinstone Reef | 27-11-2008 | Morning | Oceanic whitetip shark | Scuba diving | Lacerations to fingers | NO | female diver |
| Daedalus Reef | 26-09-2007 | 07h00 | Oceanic whitetip sharks were in the vicinity | Swimming | Severe lacerations to lower left leg, ankle and foot | NO | 18 or 20yo Kristina Aleksandrova |
| Safaga | 10-08-1997 | Fishing | Seriously injured | NO | 17yo Nagah Attalah Al Sayed | ||
| Safaga | 10-08-1997 | Thought to involve an oceanic whitetip shark or a white shark | Fishing | FATAL | YES | 16yo Ayman Abul Hassan | |
| North Beach, Eilat | 06-09-1974 | 17h00 | Shortfin mako shark, 2.3 m [7.5'] | Swimming | Bitten 12 times: multiple lacerations on hands, arms, shoulder breast thigh, both legs, left forearm surgically amputated | NO | 20yo Beatrice Aharonowich |
| Southern end of the Sinai Peninsula | 31-08-1973 | Tiger shark | Massive wound on right thigh with femur exposed | NO | Soldier | ||
| A few miles south of Port Suez | 15-01-1970 | Air disaster | FATAL | YES | pilot of Israeli skyhawk | ||
| Southern part | Spearfishing | Speared small shark, shark bit his thigh and/or buttock PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | Jean Foucher-Createau | |||
| 13-03-1966 | The World Liberty and the tanker Mosli collided. The Halcyon Breeze sent a lifeboat to the rescue, but it was smashed, throwing 6 men in the water. | FATAL | YES |
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