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
Fatal
Non Fatal
| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-01-1963 | Freediving | Hand & arm severely lacerated | NO | 41yo Savenaca Kuruvakarua | |||
| Korolevu (South coast between Nadi & Suva) | 31-12-1962 | No details | NO | ||||
| Near Suva | 30-04-1962 | Fishing | No injury, sharks rammed boat and bit outboard motor | NO | 17' fishing boat; occupants 2 men | ||
| 31-12-1961 | 1.8 m [6'] shark | Spearfishing | No injury, bumped by shark which took speared fish | NO | 27yo Dalton Baldwin | ||
| Wotua Beach, 70 miles from Suva | 28-02-1961 | 11h00 | Floating on back | Right forearm bitten | NO | Albert Bailey | |
| 18.8S, 178.25E | 31-12-1957 | Swimming with fish attached to belt | "Severely injured when fish were seized by shark" | NO | Fijian girl | ||
| Near Lautoka | 31-12-1949 | Survived | NO | Fijian | |||
| Singatoka River | 20-03-1938 | Wading | unknown | NO | male | ||
| Navua | 25-09-1932 | Catching a turtle | Left arm severely bitten | NO | male | ||
| Tamavua River | 27-07-1931 | small sharks | Swimming | Multiple injuries | NO | Narnak |
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