Fatal Attacks
0
Unprovoked Attacks
1
Total Attacks
3
There have been a total of 3 shark attacks in Tuamotos. Out of those, none have thankfully been fatal. 1 attacks came out of the blue while 2 have been provoked by humans.
Provoked
Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
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Takapoto Atoll | 10-12-2016 | Fishing | Hand injured? | NO | 40syo male | ||
Makemo Atoll | 17-04-2016 | Morning | Grey reef shark, 2 m | Spearfishing | Laceration to knee by speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 22yo Hoata Iotua |
Makemo Atoll | 17-04-2016 | Morning | Grey reef shark, 2 m | Spearfishing | Severe lacerations to right forearm, hand and calf from speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 26yo Teva Tokoragi |
Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?