List of all shark attacks in jamaica
Fatal Attacks
14
Unprovoked Attacks
21
Total Attacks
27
There have been a total of 27 shark attacks in JAMAICA. Out of those, 14 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 51.85%. 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diving | Hand severed | NO | Albert Stewart | ||||
| Kingston Harbor | Trailing hand in the water | Hand lacerated, 2 fingers severed | NO | Gonzales | |||
| Coal wharf, Port Royal | Evening | Diving | FATAL | YES | Lewis | ||
| Kingston Harbor | Fishing | Lacerations to left hand | NO | 81yo George Lewis | |||
| Cabaritta River mouth | Fishing | Leg bitten | NO | Zacey Allen | |||
| Off Rocky Point | 11-06-1969 | Morning | Diving | Multiple lacerations | NO | 27yo Dennis Washington | |
| 30-04-1965 | Diving | Minor injury | NO | Ken Bernard | |||
| 09-07-1963 | 63' fishing boat Sno' Bay foundered | No survivors & a body sighted could not be recovered because of sharks | YES | 40 people were onboard | |||
| 15-02-1961 | FATAL | YES | British sailor from the F-107 | ||||
| Port Royal | 25-09-1914 | A 20' shark known as "Old Tom" | Fell overboard | FATAL | YES | "a native boy" |
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