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List of all shark attacks in egypt

Fatal Attacks

13

Unprovoked Attacks

37

Total Attacks

42

There have been a total of 42 shark attacks in EGYPT. Out of those, 13 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 30.95%. 37 attacks came out of the blue while 5 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
Brothers' Island 06-11-2018 Oceanic whitetip sharkScuba divingCalf muscle removedNO male
Marsa Alam 02-08-2018 15h00Tiger sharkSnorkelingFATALYES 42yo Petr D.
Marsa Ghalib 04-08-2017 Oceanic whitetip shark, 1.8 to 2 mSnorkelingBite to right leg/hipNO 20yo Kirsten Schachinger
Ain Sokhna 03-06-2016 MorningMako sharkSwimmingLeg severely bitten, surgically amputatedNO 23yo Omar Abdel Qader
Marsa Alam 20-03-2015 Mako sharkSwimmingFATALYES 52yo male
Middle Garden, Sharm el-Shiekh 04-12-2010 12h00Oceanic whitetip shark, 2.5mSnorkelingFATALYES 70yo Renate Seiffert
Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh 30-11-2010 11h00Mako sharkSnorkelingBoth arms severely bittenNO 54yo Yevgeniy (Eugene) Trishkin
Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh 30-11-2010 10h55Mako sharkSnorkelingLacerations to right legNO 46yo Viktor Koliy
Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh 29-11-2010 14h55Oceanic whitetip shark, 2.5m, femaleSnorkelingFoot severed, Right forearm severed, lacerations to left hand (defense wounds)NO 70yo Lyudmila Stolyarova
Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh 29-11-2010 14h40Oceanic whitetip shark, 2.5m, femaleSnorkelingFoot and arm bittenNO 48yo Olga Martsinko
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