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Manuel Lopez was scuba diving Jan. 5 for mollusks in Tobari Bay when he was killed by a 19-foot (6m) great white shark. Lopez was using a surface supplied air source as is common for divers in the area. Surface supplied air is essentially a scuba set up but without tanks. Instead, a compressor pumps...

'I was his prey': Diver recalls chilling ordeal after being attacked by WORLD'S FASTEST SHARK PENSACOLA, FLORIDA: The terrifying clip shows a fisherman anxiously screaming for help as the world's fastest shark attacks him during a dive. Chad Patti, 30, and a friend were spearfishing 70 miles off the...

Tourist bitten by large shark at Key West beach, police say KEY WEST, Fla. — A tourist from Romania was bitten by a shark on Jan. 8 while swimming at a beach in Key West, Florida, authorities said. According to the Key West Police Department, Nicolae Cioban, 34, was swimming near the Outer Mole of F...

Shark attack South Africa Diver Treated For Shark Bite Wounds Following Attack Off KZN South Coast The man had been bitten by a Blacktip reef shark while on a chartered dive just off the coast. A 26-year-old man was wounded following a shark bite attack in Shelly Beach, along the KwaZulu-Natal South...

Diver bitten by shark off Protea Banks, Shelly Beach He sustained injuries to the nerves and tendons on his right hand. A local diver (26) was bitten by a shark while diving off Protea Banks, near Shelly Beach earlier today. Rudi Prinsloo of Mi7 Ambulance Service said they waited at the base for the...

WESH 2 News reports there have two shark bites reported in the area during March so far. The latest incident involved a 20-year-old Florida surfer, according to WESH. Eric String of Altamonte Springs told WESH he was surfing in seven to eight feet of water when he decided to jump off his board for a...

A visitor to Hilton Head, South Carolina, is on the mend after being bitten on the hand by a shark. The swimmer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was around Palmeto Dunes July 12 for the second time in 20 years. The 67-year-old woman had been at the beach for about 5 hours when she headed into murky,...

Woman Who Vanished in Shark Attack While Snorkeling with Husband Was 'Following Dreams' on Hawaii Trip The woman who disappeared while snorkeling with her husband in Hawaii earlier this month, which officials have concluded was a "tragic accident" caused by a shark attack, spoke about how ...

Waikoloa man bitten by shark, defends self with diving knife WAIKOLOA VILLAGE, Hawaii (KITV4) -- A Big Island man was bitten by a shark at Anaehoomalu Bay, Tuesday morning, but authorities say he managed to fight the creature off with a diving knife. Emergency crews were called out to Anaehoomalu Ba...

Authorities in Hawaii stop looking for a 60-year-old woman who went missing after being attacked by a TIGER SHARK while snorkeling. Photo of Micheal Kurt Micheal Kurt23 hours ago 0 5 2 minutes read Ads MAUI, HAWAII: Latе Friday night, aftеr a “potеntial” 10–12 foot long shark attackеd a 60-yеar-old ...

Man in hospital in Pago Pago after frenzied shark attack A 43-year-old man was bitten by a shark while working on undersea pipes in American Samoa. The man from Portland, Oregon and employed by a local company, was working outside of the Starkist Samoa cannery, in Pago Pago Harbour. The acting Chief...

Bronc Rice was fishing at Île de Saint Simon, Glynn County Georgia. While trying to carefully remove the hook he was bitten on the thumb by an Atlantic blacktip shark.

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Rescuers searching for missing snorkeler following 'shark encounter' in waters near Kihei KIHEI, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Emergency crews are searching for a missing snorkeler missing after a reported shark encounter in waters near the Kihei area on Maui, Thursday afternoon. Rescuers responded to Keawakapu...

2022-11-21 Bodysurfer Encounters a Shark in California A bodysurfer encountered a shark while surfing at Windandsea Beach, California. John Holman was out body surfing when a shark bumped his leg. "Felt something kind of bump against my leg, and I looked over to my buddy who was next to me – we...

Yallingup shark warning: Surfer knocked off the board at Mainbreak A shark warning has been issued after a surfer was knocked off his board in Yallingup on Saturday. The male surfer was at the popular Mainbreak in the South West when the 2m bronze whaler shark knocked him off his surfboard about 7.3...