Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks that took place on February 27:
Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
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1 | 27-Feb-2013 | Adam Strange | M | 46 | 13h24 | NEW ZEALAND | North Island | Muriwai | Swimming | FATAL | WHITE | 156 |
2 | 27-Feb-2006 | Nikky Raleigh | F | 15 | 16h30 | USA | Hawaii | Makena Maui | Standing | Deep laceration to right calf | 35 | |
3 | 27-Feb-2003 | Alistair Kerr | M | 44 | 11h45 | NEW ZEALAND | Southland | East side of Bench Island in the Foveaux Strait | Scuba Diving | Arm lacerated (shark made 3 strikes) | White | 100 |
4 | 27-Feb-1994 | Gary Lieberman | M | 11h00 | South Africa | Western Cape Province | Saxon Reef | Spearfishing | No Injury Swim fin bitten | 120 | ||
5 | 27-Feb-1982 | Richard Bauer | M | 18 | USA | Florida | Hobe Sound, Palm Beach County | Surfing | Bites on his left hand and forearm | 55 | ||
6 | 27-Feb-1973 | Dr. Leo Ephraim | 57 | Mexico | Acapulco | Revolcadero Beach, Acapulco | Swimming | Fatal – multiple bites | ||||
7 | 27-Feb-1966 | Raymond Short | M | 13 | 14h00 | Australia | New South Wales | Coledale Beach | Treading water | Left leg & lower right leg bitten taken ashore with shark still grasping his leg | White | 96 |
8 | 27-Feb-1963 | Joseph To Toba | M | 11h00 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | New Ireland Province | Namatanai | Swimming | Right shoulder bitten | |||
9 | 27-Feb-1960 | Laurie Ross | M | 22 | NEW ZEALAND | North Island | Mangawhai near Wellsford | Spearfishing | No injury leg bumped by shark’s tail | Copper | 156 | |
10 | 27-Feb-1960 | John Benjamin | M | 36 | 08h00 | USA | Hawaii | Between Keawakapu & Makena Maui | Spearfishing | Left forearm lacerated | ||
11 | 27-Feb-1954 | Reg Fabrizius | M | 23 | 17h15 | Australia | New South Wales | The Entrance near Gosford | Swimming | Fatal – right thigh bitten | ||
12 | 27-Feb-1944 | Corporal N.S. LeBlanc | M | 14h30 | South Africa | Western Cape Province | False Bay | Treading water | Foot & ankle lacerated | 84 | ||
13 | 27-Feb-1895 | James Edward Clifton Donald | M | 14 | Australia | New South Wales | Sydney Harbor | Swimming | Fatal – |