List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters

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List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters.

This list is incomplete.

List[]

Name Age Date Species Location 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]
Black December 1957 to 1958 Unknown KwaZulu-Natal At least five fatal attacks.[4]

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. ^ "01/12/2010 Lloyd Skinner ( South Africa ) *** Fatal *** : 2010 Shark Attack Related Incidents". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "South Africa Rethinks Use of Shark Nets". Retrieved 22 April 2017.

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