Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks that happened on May 1:
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01-May-2014 | Shane Nolet | M | 23 | 15h00 | USA | Florida | New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | Surfing | Laceration to right hand and cuts on fingertips | 36 | |
| 2 | 01-May-2010 | Caitlin Dubois | F | 10 | 10h30 | USA | Florida | New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County | Wading | Puncture wounds to right ankle | 48 | |
| 3 | 01-May-2008 | Male | M | South Africa | South Africa | Japanese fishing trawler Kuay Mauro | Fishing | The bite wound extended completely around the man‘s left leg | ||||
| 4 | 01-May-2004 | Orlando Oscar da Silva | M | 22 | Afternoon | BRAZIL | Pernambuco | Piedade | Swimming | Fatal – | ||
| 5 | 01-May-1999 | Charles Barbosa Pires | M | 21 | Afternoon | BRAZIL | Pernambuco | Boa Viagem Beach Recife | Surfing | Leg & hands bitten | Tiger | 100 |
| 6 | 01-May-1960 | Anonymous | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Madang | Taludig | Fatal – | ||||||
| 7 | 01-May-1952 | Mann | Australia | Western Australia | Boyup Brook | No details | ||||||
| 8 | 01-May-1950 | Remo Adriani | M | ITALY | Tyrrhenian Sea | Sprizze Isola d’Elba | Fishing | No injury | White | |||
| 9 | 01-May-1943 | Clarence Master | M | INDIAN OCEAN | INDIAN OCEAN | 400 miles off the African coast | Sea Diaster – Clinging to hatch cover | Leg, foot & arm bitten | Blue | |||
| 10 | 01-May-1911 | Mateo Zapeda | M | USA | Texas | Rockport, Aransas County | Fishing | Bitten on left leg by hooked shark | 60 | |||
| 11 | 01-May-1911 | James Jantjes | M | South Africa | Western Cape Province | Victoria Bay | Swimming | Fatal – | ||||
| 12 | 01-May-1904 | Grant | M | Australia | Queensland | Brisbane | Swimming | Fatal – |