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List of all shark attacks in cuba

Fatal Attacks

24

Unprovoked Attacks

31

Total Attacks

46

There have been a total of 46 shark attacks in CUBA. Out of those, 24 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 52.17%. 31 attacks came out of the blue while 15 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
Miramar subdivision, Havana Swimming a quarter mile offshoreFATAL, right leg bittenYES 23yo Pablo Medina
Cienfuegos FishingShark attacked his boat, threatening to capsize it. He jumped overboard & shark bit his arm. He knifed & killed shark. Later his arm was surgically amputatedNO Gamatano Yugoago
Free diving, working on U/W scenes for motion pictureFATALYES 30yo Russ Shearman
LaPlaya Beach / Vedado, Havana EveningSwimmingRight arm & leg bitten, arm & leg surgically amputatedNO 29yo Emilio Grenet
Off Jaimanitas Yacht Club, Havana Swimming to shore from capsized sailboatFATALYES Majin Alvarez Piedra
Cojimar 3.7 m [12'] sharkFATAL, but was it an accident or infanticide?NO 2 to 3 monthsyo an infant
Boqueron Nurse shark, 58", 34-lbSpearfishingRight thigh & left calf injured by speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENTNO Dr. H. Warmke
Cojimar "a little shark"FishingForearm slashed wrist to elbow by hooked shark he was trying to club to death PROVOKED INCIDENTNO Romilio
Havana Harbor SwimmingRight leg severed at knee. In 1796 he became Lord Mayor of London. In 1778 he commissioned American artist, John Singleton Copley, to paint the incident: Watson and the SharkNO 14yo Brook Watson
Boqueron Nurse shark, 58", 34-lbSpearfishingKnee bitten by shark that his dive buddy had shot PROVOKED INCIDENTNO Dr. D.H. Teas
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