Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks that happened on August 15
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15-Aug-2012 | tourist from Germany | M | 31 | USA | Alabama | Gulf Shores | Wading or swimming | Lacerations to leg | |||
| 2 | 15-Aug-2011 | Rudy Varney | M | 7 | USA | South Carolina | Myrtle Beach – 4th Avenue North beach access | Playing | Abrasions to left hand | |||
| 3 | 15-Aug-2007 | Andrea Lynch | F | 20 | Night | USA | Florida | Sarasota Bay | Floating near boat | Many severe punctures wounds on Torso | Bull | 72 |
| 4 | 15-Aug-2006 | Richard Whitaker | M | South Africa | Western Cape Province | Danger Reef | Surfing | No Injury | 180 | |||
| 5 | 15-Aug-2004 | Randy Fry | M | 50 | 16h00 | USA | California | Kibesillah Mendocino County | Diving | Fatal – | White | 204 |
| 6 | 15-Aug-2000 | Jean Alain Goenvec | M | 53 | 11h50 | USA | Hawaii | Kanaha Beach Maui | Windsurfing | Left calf lacerated | Tiger | 156 |
| 7 | 15-Aug-1998 | Kevin Paffrath | M | 28 | 16h30 | Bahamas | Ambergris Cay | Spearfishing | Calf bitten | Caribbean | 56 | |
| 8 | 15-Aug-1997 | Mike Jonatis | M | 28 | Mexico | Quintana Roo | Santa Rosa Cozumel | Scuba Diving | Fatal – arm & leg severed | Tiger | 204 | |
| 9 | 15-Aug-1997 | Mac Lupold | M | 33 | Mexico | Quintana Roo | Santa Rosa Cozumel | Scuba Diving | Fatal – | |||
| 10 | 15-Aug-1995 | James Oatley | M | 20 | 08h30 | USA | Florida | Daytona Beach Volusia County | Wading | Thigh lacerated | 72 | |
| 11 | 15-Aug-1993 | 21 m sportfishing vessel Seabiscuit. Occupants: Captain Louie Abbott & 2 dozen anglers | 11h30 | USA | California | Between Santa Cruz Island and Santa Barbara | No injury to occupants; shark circled boat repeatedly then rammed the vessel 3 time | White | 216 | |||
| 12 | 15-Aug-1993 | Petra Rijoes | F | 19 | 10h00 | USA | North Carolina | Pamlico Sound | Raft | Severe lacerations to abdomen & thighs | Bull | |
| 13 | 15-Aug-1993 | 5.4 m boat | Australia | Western Australia | Off Rottnest Island | Fishing | No injury to occupants. Shark struck boat lifting the outboard motor | White | 240 | |||
| 14 | 15-Aug-1987 | Craig Rogers | M | 40 | 07h30 | USA | California | Tunitas Beach San Mateo County | Surfing | Fingers & surfboard injured | White | 216 |
| 15 | 15-Aug-1983 | Jill Redenbaugh | F | 14 | USA | Virginia | Virginia Beach Princess Anne County | Swimming | Foot bitten | Sand | ||
| 16 | 15-Aug-1973 | boy | M | 17 | USA | Virginia | False Cape | Shelling | Elbow bitten | Blacktip | 66 | |
| 17 | 15-Aug-1967 | Sue Ferguson | F | 19 | 16h00 | BERMUDA | Floating | Foot abraded & lacerated | ||||
| 18 | 15-Aug-1959 | Gary Seymour | M | 21 | USA | Florida | Panama City, Bay County | Diving | No Injury | |||
| 19 | 15-Aug-1959 | Lt. James C. Neal | M | 26 | USA | Florida | Panama City, Bay County | Scuba Diving | Fatal – disappeared dive gear & clothing found with teethmarks presumed taken by a shark | 144 | ||
| 20 | 15-Aug-1956 | Jose Luis Nufize Lago | M | 13 | USA | Puerto Rico | North coast | Skin diving | Fatal – | |||
| 21 | 15-Aug-1956 | Douglas Clarke | M | 10 | 16h30 | USA | California | Pismo Beach | Swimming | Lacerated thigh hand & shoulder | White | 108 |
| 22 | 15-Aug-1899 | Delano Wood | M | 15 | USA | Florida | Trout River, Panama Park | Swimming | Fatal – | 120 |
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