List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters
List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters.
This list is incomplete.
List
Name, Age | Date | Species | Location; Comments |
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Fundile Nodumla, 39 | 2013-03-03 | Unknown | Second Beach, Port St. Johns; injuries on both arms, chest and abdomen, fought off the shark with his bare hands in shallow water.[1] |
Liya Sibili, 20 | 2012-12-25 | Unknown | Second Beach, Port St. Johns; killed by shark in waist-deep water at approximately 4:20pm. Only his bathing trunks were recovered despite a three-day search for his body.[2] |
Lloyd Skinner, 37 | 2010-01-12 | Great white shark | Fish Hoek, Western Cape; Skinner was eaten alive by a great white shark, described as "being as large as a dinosaur"[3][4] |
Black December | 1957 to 1958 | Unknown | KwaZulu-Natal; At least five fatal attacks.[5] |
References
- "Dispatch Online: Shark victim survives". Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- "City Press: Beautiful beach, deadly ocean". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- "ANDREW MALONE: Have WE turned sharks into maneaters?". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- "01/12/2010 Lloyd Skinner ( South Africa ) *** Fatal *** : 2010 Shark Attack Related Incidents". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- "South Africa Rethinks Use of Shark Nets". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
External links
- Go Shark: Shark Attacks in South Africa
- Shark Attack Data: South Africa
- Stop Shark Cage Diving
- Shark.ca.za/Shark attack in South Africa today
- Dispatch Online: South Africa's most dangerous shark attack beach?
- ITN: Shark kills man in shallow water in South Africa
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