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List of all shark attacks in spain

Fatal Attacks

8

Unprovoked Attacks

28

Total Attacks

44

There have been a total of 44 shark attacks in SPAIN. Out of those, 8 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 18.18%. 28 attacks came out of the blue while 16 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
San Juan de la Rambla, Tenerife 25-07-1980 Blue sharkSkin divingThigh injuredNO Fuentes Gonzalez Escualo
Las Palmas DivingSurvivedNO male
Guadalquivir River SwimmingFATALYES male
Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife Blue sharkSpearfishingMinor injuryNO
Casa Antunez Beach, Barcelona Questionable, 2m shark suspectedBathingNo injuryNO Sebastian Llopis Puges
El Escabonal, Tenerife SwimmingLeg bittenNO 38yo Cecil Bethencourt
Sisargas Islands 3.5 m sharkFishingNo injury to occupants, shark bit boatNO Boat owned by Ricardo Laneiro
Isla Cabrera White sharkFell into the waterFATALYES the governor of Cabrera
Valencia FishingRight hand bitten by hooked shark PROVOKED INCIDENTNO Pascual Gurran
Shark involvement prior to death unconfirmedShark caught, contained human remainsNO
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