List of all shark attacks by Great White shark
Fatal Attacks
144
Unprovoked Attacks
490
Total Attacks
647
Great White shark is responsible for 647 attacks. Out of those, 144 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 22.26%. 490 attacks came out of the blue while 157 have been provoked by humans.
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Unprovoked
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Non Fatal
| Country | Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | Bird Rock, Tomales Point, near Marin County / Sonoma County border | 05-09-1969 | 11h20 | White shark, 4.3 m 4.9 m [14' to 16'] | Free diving for abalone | Leg & ankle severely bitten | NO | 53yo Donald Joslin |
| USA | Pigeon Point, San Mateo County | 19-07-1969 | 13h00 | White shark, 5 m [16.5'] | Freediving for abalone (at surface) | Foot bitten, minor injury | NO | Robert Colby |
| USA | Makaha, O'ahu | 08-03-1969 | 17h30 | White shark, identified by tooth fragments in surfboard | Surfing | Leg & surfboard bitten | NO | 16yo Licius Lee |
| NEW ZEALAND | St. Clair Beach, Dunedin | 24-12-1968 | 17h45 | White shark | Surfing | Hit in face by shark, arm abraded, surfboard bitten | NO | 17yo Gary Barton |
| AUSTRALIA | Thistle Island | 08-12-1968 | White shark | Survived | NO | Dick O’Brien | ||
| NEW ZEALAND | Otago Harbor | 14-09-1968 | 10h15 | White shark, 4.3 m [14'], (tooth fragment recovered) | Spearfishing | FATAL, left leg bitten, femoral artery severed | YES | 24yo Graham Hitt |
| USA | Bodega Rock, Sonoma County | 26-07-1968 | 11h00 | White shark, 4 m [13'] | Free diving | Major injury to torso | NO | 25yo Frank Logan |
| AUSTRALIA | Jurien Bay | 18-08-1967 | 11h00 | White shark | Spearfishing, dived to pick up a float line | FATAL, "bitten in two" | YES | 23yo Robert Bartle |
| ITALY | Stretto di Messina | 31-05-1967 | White shark, 4 to 5 m [13' to 16.5'] | Fishing boat | No injury to occupants, harpooned shark sank boat PROVOKED INCIDENT | NO | ||
| SOUTH AFRICA | Paradise Reef | 18-03-1967 | 06h50 | White shark, 3 m [10'] | Spearfishing | Punctures in right buttock & thigh, abrasion on right forearm | NO | 32yo Len Jones |
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