List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters

List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters:

List

Name, AgeDateSpeciesLocation; Comments
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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dispatch Online: Shark victim survives
  2. ↑ City Press: Beautiful beach, deadly ocean
  3. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243355/As-swimmer-eaten-alive-Great-White-chilling-evidence-humans-blame-Have-turned-sharks-maneaters.html
  4. ↑ http://sharkattacksurvivors.com/shark_attack/viewtopic.php?t=1334
  5. ↑ National Geographic: South Africa Rethinks Use of Shark Nets

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