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.
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Unprovoked
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers' Island | 06-11-2018 | Oceanic whitetip shark | Scuba diving | Calf muscle removed | NO | male | |
| Marsa Alam | 02-08-2018 | 15h00 | Tiger shark | Snorkeling | FATAL | YES | 42yo Petr D. |
| Marsa Ghalib | 04-08-2017 | Oceanic whitetip shark, 1.8 to 2 m | Snorkeling | Bite to right leg/hip | NO | 20yo Kirsten Schachinger | |
| Ain Sokhna | 03-06-2016 | Morning | Mako shark | Swimming | Leg severely bitten, surgically amputated | NO | 23yo Omar Abdel Qader |
| Marsa Alam | 20-03-2015 | Mako shark | Swimming | FATAL | YES | 52yo male | |
| Middle Garden, Sharm el-Shiekh | 04-12-2010 | 12h00 | Oceanic whitetip shark, 2.5m | Snorkeling | FATAL | YES | 70yo Renate Seiffert |
| Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh | 30-11-2010 | 11h00 | Mako shark | Snorkeling | Both arms severely bitten | NO | 54yo Yevgeniy (Eugene) Trishkin |
| Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh | 30-11-2010 | 10h55 | Mako shark | Snorkeling | Lacerations to right leg | NO | 46yo Viktor Koliy |
| Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh | 29-11-2010 | 14h55 | Oceanic whitetip shark, 2.5m, female | Snorkeling | Foot severed, Right forearm severed, lacerations to left hand (defense wounds) | NO | 70yo Lyudmila Stolyarova |
| Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh | 29-11-2010 | 14h40 | Oceanic whitetip shark, 2.5m, female | Snorkeling | Foot and arm bitten | NO | 48yo Olga Martsinko |
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