List of all shark attacks in bahamas
Fatal Attacks
11
Unprovoked Attacks
89
Total Attacks
115
There have been a total of 115 shark attacks in BAHAMAS. Out of those, 11 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 9.57%. 89 attacks came out of the blue while 26 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-07-2017 | Spearfishing | Severe lacerations to left hand | NO | Michael Massey | |||
| 13-06-2017 | Feeding sharks | Fingernail pulled off | NO | Carly | |||
| Athol Island | 01-06-2017 | Shortly before 12h00 | Tiger shark | Snorkeling | Right forearm severed | NO | 32yo Tiffany Johnson |
| Great Exuma | 08-03-2017 | Lemon shark | Washing hands | Abrasions & lacerations to left leg and hand | NO | 58yo George Keywood | |
| Compass Cay | 28-02-2017 | Nurse shark | Floating | Minor injury to hand | NO | Mareen | |
| 31-01-2017 | Caribbean reef shark | Scuba Diving | Lacerations to upper right arm | NO | 37yo Freek Vonk | ||
| Nassau | 06-08-2016 | Snorkeling | Lacerations to left leg | NO | 15yo Johnny Stoch | ||
| Green Turtle Cay | 22-07-2016 | Bull shark, 6' | Spearfishing | Lacerations to face and right leg | NO | Steve Cutbirth | |
| Tiger Beach | 13-07-2016 | Lemon shark, 9' | Scuba Diving | Face bruised when partly blind shark collided with him | NO | Michael Dornellas | |
| 25-03-2016 | Nurse shark, 2.5-ft | Minor injury to chest PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | 9yo Henry Kreckman |
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