List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters

List of shark attacks in South African territorial waters.

This list is incomplete.

List
Name AgeDateSpecies LocationComments
Fundile Nodumla 392013-03-03Unknown Second Beach, Port St. JohnsInjuries on both arms, chest and abdomen, fought off the shark with his bare hands in shallow water.[1]
Liya Sibili 202012-12-25Unknown Second Beach, Port St. JohnsKilled 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 372010-01-12Great white shark Fish Hoek, Western CapeSkinner was eaten alive by a great white shark, described as "being as large as a dinosaur"[3]
Black December 1957 to 1958Unknown KwaZulu-NatalAt 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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