In this historical account of shark attacks that happened on February 7, there is a provoked attack mixed in.
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 07-Feb-2009 | Durwin Keg | M | 41 | Australia | New South Wales | Cellito Beach | Surfing | No injury, surfboard dented thrown in air – see News Archive for Detailed account in Durwin’s words | White | ||
| 2 | 07-Feb-2008 | Fiona Casey | F | 14 | Australia | New South Wales | Horseshoe Bay | Surfing | Abrasions to elbow; collided with shark | 36 | ||
| 3 | 07-Feb-2002 | Paul McNamara | M | 35 | 19h15 | Australia | New South Wales | Paramatta River (near Sydney) | Kayaking | No Injury Stern of kayak bitten/chest bruised | ||
| 4 | 07-Feb-1986 | Johan Fourie | M | 46 | 18h30 | South Africa | Eastern Cape Province | King’s Beach Port Elizabeth | Swimming | Lower leg lacerated | SandTiger | |
| 5 | 07-Feb-1982 | Kim Seibel | M | USA | Florida | Elliot Key | Diving | Fatal – Disappeared while diving bathing suit & diving gear recovered bore marks of shark’s teth | ||||
| 6 | 07-Feb-1982 | Donald Harvey Smith | M | 11h00 | USA | California | Stillwater Cove Sonoma County | Scuba Diving | Calf & ankle bitten | White | 200 | |
| 7 | 07-Feb-1981 | Filmer | Australia | Western Australia | Parker’s Point Rottnest Island | No details | ||||||
| 8 | 07-Feb-1975 | M. Worman | 15 | Australia | Queensland | Currumbin Rock | Survived | |||||
| 9 | 07-Feb-1962 | Clifford Hoogvorst | M | 22 | 09h00 | South Africa | KZN | Winkelspruit | Swimming | Fatal – calf bitten twice | ||
| 10 | 07-Feb-1960 | John Gilles & Harry Dowswell | M | 20 | Australia | New South Wales | Wattamolla National Park | Spearfishing | No injury speared shark towed Gilles 200 yards & tore hole in diving suit and hit Dowswell’s back with its tail SPI | SandTiger | 115 | |
| 11 | 07-Feb-1904 | George Grant | M | Australia | Queensland | Brisbane | Swimming | Fatal – | ||||
| 12 | 07-Feb-1882 | Native Diver | M | Australia | AUSTRALIA | AUSTRALIA | Pearl diving | Fatal – |
What does SPI stand for?
Suspected Provoked Incident (SPI)