List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters

List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters.

This list is incomplete.

List
Name, AgeDateSpeciesLocation; Comments
Fundile Nodumla, 392013-03-03UnknownSecond 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, 202012-12-25UnknownSecond 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, 372010-01-12Great white sharkFish Hoek, Western Cape; Skinner was eaten alive by a great white shark, described as "being as large as a dinosaur"[3][4]
Black December1957 to 1958UnknownKwaZulu-Natal; At least five fatal attacks.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Dispatch Online: Shark victim survives". Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. "City Press: Beautiful beach, deadly ocean". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. "ANDREW MALONE: Have WE turned sharks into maneaters?". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. "01/12/2010 Lloyd Skinner ( South Africa ) *** Fatal *** : 2010 Shark Attack Related Incidents". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. "South Africa Rethinks Use of Shark Nets". Retrieved 22 April 2017.


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