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List of all shark attacks in hong-kong

Fatal Attacks

17

Unprovoked Attacks

23

Total Attacks

24

There have been a total of 24 shark attacks in HONG KONG. Out of those, 17 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 70.83%. 23 attacks came out of the blue while 1 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
25-08-1979 FATALYES 16yo male
16-09-1976 3,909-ton Panamanian freighter Chieh Lee sank in a typhoonFATAL, right leg bittenYES
03-08-1975 Freedom swimmingLeg bitten, surgically amputatedNO 24yo male
22-08-1974 Freedom SwimmingSurvivedNO 22yo male
15-08-1974 Freedom swimmingLeft foot bittenNO 18yo Yee Wing Ping (male)
15-08-1974 Freedom swimmingFATALYES male
15-08-1974 Freedom swimmingArm broken & severely laceratedNO 19yo Ho-Sin-Ming (male)
09-09-1973 Freedom SwimmingFATALYES 20yo Tsang Kai-shing
12-06-1973 Freedom SwimmingOne man was killed by a shark, the other was injuredNO 2 youths
24-11-1971 Just before dawnFreedom SwimmingLeft leg severely bitten, surgically amputatedNO 20yo Chan Sze-king
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