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

Ramped up patrols continue after 3m great white shark bites boat’s motor off Portland coast Increased patrols will continue off the Portland coast in south-west Victoria after a large great white shark was filmed bitting a boat’s motor. Key points: Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) says the great ...

Noumea beaches closed after shark mauls woman A shark attack in New Caledonia has prompted the capital city Noumea to close all swimming beaches until further notice. The shark mauled a 49-year-old woman near a buoy which was marking the swimming area about 100 metres off one of the city's most popu...

Fisherman bitten by shark off-shore from NMB A fisherman was bitten by a shark during fishing operations onboard a vessel off-shore from Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday, January 25. NSRI Gqeberha deputy station commander, Jonathan Tufts, said that their assistance was requested from a fishing vessel...

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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