List of all shark attacks in fiji
Fatal Attacks
22
Unprovoked Attacks
56
Total Attacks
62
There have been a total of 62 shark attacks in FIJI. Out of those, 22 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 35.48%. 56 attacks came out of the blue while 6 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
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Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covull Reef, near Lautoka | Spearfishing | Right arm abraded, circular piece of tissue removed from left calf | NO | Lindsay Phillips | |||
| Suva Harbor | Spearfishing | Right arm & forearm injured | NO | Sami Bale | |||
| Suva Harbor, Suva | Diving for coins tossed from passenger ship | Both arms bitten, surgically amputated | NO | Fijian boy | |||
| Off the Bua coast | Fishing in shoulder-deep water | FATAL, legs bitten | YES | Fijian woman | |||
| Great Astrolabe Reef | 12h00 | Tiger shark, 1.8 m [6'] | Spearfishing | forearm abraded | NO | 36yo Etuate Waqa | |
| Suva Harbor | Diving for coins thrown from ship S.S. Moeraki | FATAL, hand severed, both legs & arms bitten & nearly severed | YES | male | |||
| a river | Standing, collecting bananas | Leg bitten. He survived | NO | Josiah | |||
| Nabukeru | Free diving with goggles | FATAL | YES | Asena (female) | |||
| Levuka, Ovalau Island | 4.3 m [14'] shark | Dived overboard to retrieve dinghy | FATAL, body not recovered | YES | male, Fijian cook of vessel Andi Tui Lomaloma | ||
| 17-12-1967 | 09h00 | Arm lacerated | NO | 27yo Tera Tetapana |
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