Shark Attacks and Shark Attack Related Incidents News Articles on Shark Bites

JAN.2.2002, Hawaii Snorkeler survives encounter with shark California musician Tommy Holmes is "ecstatic" to be alive after staring into the jaws of one of the ocean's most feared predators while snorkeling off Maui on New Year's Day. Tommy Holmes was attacked by a shark while snorkeling o...

1/1/2002 Thomas Holmes 35 Lacerations to buttocks & thigh Olowalu, Maui Hawaii USA Snorkler 1:00:00 PM 6' tiger shark

JAN.2.2002 South Africa Nursing a sore and heavily bandaged foot, a Zululand doctor on Wednesday recounted his ordeal on a surfski off Mtunzini on New Year's Day when he was savaged by a shark. Dr Michael van Niekerk, 26, of Mtunzini, is recovering in the Bay Hospital in Richards Bay after a shark s...

1/1/2002 Michael van Niekerk 26 Foot/calf bitten Mtunzini KwaZulu-Natal SOUTH AFRICA Surfskiinng Sunset Unidentified

Sixteen-year-old Adrian Sheik kicked and punched as a shark gnawed at his right leg in the early hours of Friday morning. Teenager attacked in the dark by shark January 04 2002 South Africa Sixteen-year-old Adrian Sheik kicked and punched as a shark gnawed at his right leg in the early hours of Frid...