Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks that happened on August 8
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08-Aug-2012 | David Lowe, Sr. | M | 56 | 16h00 | USA | Florida | Key Largo | Free diving | Lacerations to little finger of left hand | Lemon | 55 |
| 2 | 08-Aug-2010 | Rick Carroll | M | 08h00 | Australia | New South Wales | the bay at Crescent Head – 300m north of the Killick Creek | Surfing | foot had some deep cuts and puncture wounds and his heel was cut up fairly badly | |||
| 3 | 08-Aug-2003 | Joseph Krone | M | 16 | 08h00 | South Africa | Eastern Cape Province | Jeffrey’s Bay | Surfing | No injury wetsuit torn & board bitten | White | 140 |
| 4 | 08-Aug-1999 | Charlie Adkins | M | 62 | USA | Florida | Bethune Beach – New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | Wading | Bite to heel | |||
| 5 | 08-Aug-1972 | Gordon Johnson | M | 45 | Australia | Tasmania | Nubeena | Diving for abalone | Left Foot Bitten | 120 | ||
| 6 | 08-Aug-1964 | James R. Webb | M | 28 | 12h00 | USA | Florida | 2 miles off Jupiter | Scuba Diving | No injury shark hit scuba tank | Hammerhead | |
| 7 | 08-Aug-1955 | Sailor from tuna vessel | M | 28 | Morning | AMERICAN SAMOA | Tutila Island | Pago Pago Bay | Swimming | Fatal – abdomen bitten | Blue | |
| 8 | 08-Aug-1951 | 4 people killed in the past week others injured | COLUMBIA | Caribbean Sea | Cartegena | Bathing | Fatal – | |||||
| 9 | 08-Aug-1942 | Tamaki Amano | M | SOLOMON ISLANDS | Sea Disaster | Lacerations to left arm | ||||||
| 10 | 08-Aug-1931 | P. Kincaid Zifflewwiggett | M | USA | Texas | Off Brownsville | Swimming | Minor injury | ||||
| 11 | 08-Aug-1923 | Charles Blair | M | 01h00 | GUYANA | Demerara County | Off the Demerara River | Fishing | Puncture wounds to left leg | |||
| 12 | 08-Aug-1907 | George Kell | M | USA | New Jersey | Lower Delaware Bay | Wading | Abrasion to chest | ||||
| 13 | 08-Aug-1899 | Arab boy | M | 9 | 11h30 | EGYPT | Mediterranean Sea | Port Said | Floating | Back muscles torn away | ||
| 14 | 08-Aug-1899 | Arab boy | M | 19 | 09h30 | EGYPT | Mediterranean Sea | Port Said | Bathing | Forearm wrist & hand bitten | ||
| 15 | 08-Aug-1899 | Arab boy | M | 13 | 08h30 | EGYPT | Mediterranean Sea | Port Said | Bathing | Left leg bitten | ||
| 16 | 08-Aug-1880 | Farejallah | M | MOZAMBIQUE | MOZAMBIQUE | MOZAMBIQUE | Fell Overboard | Fatal – Legs Severed | ||||
| 17 | 08-Aug-1878 | George Gates | M | 14 | Afternoon | USA | New York | Brooklyn | Swimming | Fatal – |