On Sunday, around 12:30 in the afternoon, a man in his 60s experienced a shark attack in Anaehoomalu Bay, Hawaii. According to DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) the man was swimming 200 yards from the shore when a shark bit his left hand. He fought off the shark and started to swim back when…
On Sunday, there was a fatal shark attack in New Caledonia, Australia. According to the witnesses at Château-Royal beach, the 59-year-old man was swimming 150 meters from the shore by the pontoon when the attack happened. The shark bit the man on his leg and arms while swimmers panicked and left the water. Two people…
On Saturday, there was a fatal shark attack in Swan River in Australia. Stella Berry was riding jet skis with her friends when she spotted a pod of dolphins. She jumped into the river, hoping to swim with them. Instead, she got attacked by a shark, most likely a bull shark. The teenager was pronounced…
Hawaii has had a second shark attack in less than a week. Last Thursday, a man and his wife were snorkeling when his wife was attacked. Her husband and witnesses on the beach saw a large shark about 50 yards from the shore. The husband also said that the shark passed by him and his…
On Friday, a woman was attacked by a juvenile white shark in Del Mar, California. The 50-year-old woman, Lyn Jutronich, was swimming with a male companion past the surf line when the incident happened. The juvenile shark bit the woman on her leg around ten in the morning. The juvenile great white shark bit Lyn,…
On Saturday, a 51-year-old woman suffered a serious shark bite in Hawaii. The woman was swimming or snorkeling in Pāʻia Beach Park when she was attacked around 4 PM. She was only about 40 feet from the shore when the incident happened. When bystanders saw her struggling in the water, they brought her back to…
In New South Wales, a shark attack at Avoca beach happened on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred around 7 am and led to beach closures at Avoca and North Avoca beaches. The unidentified surfer “sustained a wound to his right lower forearm,” according to the Central Coast Council. The boy went home before calling the…
With all the recent shark activity, people are looking for ways to avoid a shark attack. While sharks don’t like the way we taste, from time to time, they forget and attack. This has happened a few times already in New York, Florida, California, and around the world. So far, there have been 61 shark…
This week there were more tiger shark attacks in Long Island. On Wednesday morning, a surfer was in the water near Smith Point Beach. The shark attacked his leg, knocking him over his board. The 41 year old, Shawn Donnely, said “I put my board between me and it, it went underneath me, I slapped…
July has been a busy month for sharks, as there were three shark attacks in Long Island. Two of the attacks were on lifeguards. What’s most shocking is that both lifeguards played a victim in the water when attacked. They were not swimming or on surfboards, just staying still in the water. The first lifeguard…
On Friday, two women died in deadly shark attacks in Egypt. One of the victims was a 68 year-old Australian native, Elisabeth Sauer. She has been living in Egypt for the past five years with her Egyptian husband. The second shark attack victim was a Romanian tourist in her 40s. The two attacks happened hours…
A swimmer was wounded in a severe shark attack at Pacific Grove, Lovers Point Beach, California on Wednesday. Around 10:30am, beachgoers got a shock of their lives. A swimmer started screaming for help as the water around him turned red. As they watched in horror from the shoreline, two paddleboarders and a surf instructor came…