This is a list of recorded fatal

shark attack A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year, around 80 unprovoked attacks are reported worldwide. Despite their rarity, many people fear shark attacks after occasional serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of ...

s in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

territorial waters Territorial waters are informally an area of water where a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potentially the extended continental shelf ( ...

, in reverse chronological order, including cases that were immediately, eventually or presumably fatal.

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

1930s-1950s

Unknown

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fatal shark attacks in South Africa Shark attacks shark attacks in South African territorial waters