Here are the historical accounts of the shark attacks that happened August 1st:
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-Aug-2013 | Eric Norrie | M | 16h25 | Bahamas | Scotland Cay | Scotland Cay | Spearfishing | Leg bitten | 72 | ||
| 2 | 01-Aug-2011 | Gabriel Alves dos Santos | M | 14 | Brazil | Brazil | Brazil | Swimming | Fatal – Scavanged body found | |||
| 3 | 01-Aug-2011 | Nicolas Virolle | M | 36 | 15h30 | SEYCHELLES | Praslin | Anse Lazio | Snorkeling | Fatal – bite was so deep that he died from massive loss of blood while he was being pulled onto the beach | ||
| 4 | 01-Aug-2009 | Chris Haynes | M | 56 | 10h00 | USA | Louisiana | Curlew Island, Breton Sound | Fishing – Wading | Right ankle & foot bitten | Bull | |
| 5 | 01-Aug-2005 | Rolly Lesperance | M | Seychelles | Inner Islands | Off North Island | Fishing | Fatal -, shark involvement prior to death is unconfirmed | Bull | |||
| 6 | 01-Aug-1999 | male | M | USA | North Carolina | Topsail Beach Pender County | Diving | Fatal -Remains washed ashore with bites from a tiger shark but shark involvement prior to death could not be determined & it is considered a probable drowning | ||||
| 7 | 01-Aug-1998 | Ross Taylor | M | 19 | South Africa | Western Cape Province | Buffalo Bay near Knysna | Surfing | Legs bitten | White | 156 | |
| 8 | 01-Aug-1998 | Christian Lombard | M | 24 | South Africa | Western Cape Province | Pringle Bay | Spearfishing | Leg bitten | White | 192 | |
| 9 | 01-Aug-1995 | Jim McManus | M | TONGA | Vava’u | Neiafu | Fishing | Finger lacerated | Grey Reef | 72 | ||
| 10 | 01-Aug-1978 | Ramon Cordoba | M | 27 | USA | Florida Straits | Florida Straits | Floating on inner tube raft | Minor bite to ankle | |||
| 11 | 01-Aug-1962 | Tarara a male | M | 17h00 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | New Ireland Province Bismarck Archipelago | Pekinberui Village Tabar Island | Spearfishing | Fatal – right thigh severely bitten right ankle lacerated | |||
| 12 | 01-Aug-1961 | male | M | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Vanimo on Musu side of Wutong anchorage | Fishing | Thigh lacerated SPI | |||||
| 13 | 01-Aug-1956 | Maximilliaan Roual Van Dam | M | 23 | Afternoon | South Africa | KZN | Chain Rocks Amanzimtoti | Freediving | No injury right swim fin bitten | ||
| 14 | 01-Aug-1953 | Ema Aquilera Prada | F | 18 | Mexico | Colima | Manzanillo | Wading | Fatal – | |||
| 15 | 01-Aug-1941 | Howard E. Sweatmon a soldier | M | 20 | USA | South Carolina | Sullivan Island at entrance to Charleston Harbor | Swimming | Chest lacerated | |||
| 16 | 01-Aug-1939 | John Ray | M | 33 | USA | California | Off San Pedro | Fishing | Harpooned shark bit his arm SPI | |||
| 17 | 01-Aug-1931 | Llewellyn Roberts | M | AUSTRALIA | Queensland | Port Douglas | Boating – Fell overboard | Fatal | ||||
| 18 | 01-Aug-1860 | Jerry Duke | M | Evening | USA | New York | Brooklyn | Swimming | Toe severed |