List of all shark attacks in nicaragua
Fatal Attacks
5
Unprovoked Attacks
6
Total Attacks
7
There have been a total of 7 shark attacks in NICARAGUA. Out of those, 5 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 71.43%. 6 attacks came out of the blue while 1 have been provoked by humans.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thought to involve bull sharks | The schooner Elizabeth, bound from Bluefields, Nicaragua to the river port of San Carlos foundered | FATAL x 2, all other passengers & crew reached shore after a long swim | YES | Elena Hodgson & Isaac Ollis | |||
| Granada, Granada Department | Bathing | FATAL | YES | ||||
| San Jan del Sur | Morning | 3.7 m to 4.6 m [12' to 15'] shark | Bathing | Survived | NO | boy | |
| Bull sharks to 1.5 m [5'] in length | Some killed & others severely injured | YES | multiple bathers | ||||
| A shark was caught, its head severed from body and hung from the anchor davit onboard the U.S.S. Bor | Feeling the shark’s teeth | Sharks’s jaws snapped shut, lacerating his right hand PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | a sailor | |||
| A village north of San Carlos | 31-12-1956 | Bull shark caught, leg recovered & buried beside the man's body | Lashing logs together when he fell into the water | FATAL, leg severed | YES | an Indian | |
| Greytown | 21-12-1902 | 18h00 | Swimming | FATAL | YES | 30yo Frederick Wiseman |
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