2018 shark attack bite Archives

Shark bites known-survivor and bodyboarder in Hawaii

April 23, 2018 Kevin McMurray

A bodyboarder was bitten by a shark in Hawaii April 26. Dylan McWilliams was bodyboarding off Poipu Kauai around 7:30 a.m. The island had been under a brown-water advisory due to muddy coastal waters, but had cleared with around 10 feet of visibility. The survivalist took his bodyboard to Shipwreck’s Beach to enjoy the surf where a few others were enjoying the waves. As the 20-year-old was swimming out to catch another wave, he was knocked off his board. “I was in about 15-feet of water and it was pretty…

Great white shark attacks surfski

April 23, 2018 Kevin McMurray

2018 shark attack bite Robberg Beach in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa NSRI

A great white shark attacked a surfer’s surfski April 22. An unidentified man was paddling off Robberg Beach in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, around 9:30 a.m. when a suspected great white shark hit the vessel from underneath with such force, it threw the occupant into the water. The 33-year-old man was able to swim to shore and climb onto some rocks. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) dispatched rescue boats and collected the uninjured paddler and transport him back to his launch site. NSRI also recovered his surfski which had…

Tourist bitten by shark near Bangkok; shark nets to be deployed

April 18, 2018 Kevin McMurray

2018 shark attack bite_Werner Danielsen_Hua_Hin_Bangkok_Thailand_cover

A Norwegian tourist was bitten by a bull shark in Bangkok, Thailand April 15. Werner Danielsen was swimming at Sai Noi Beach off Khao Tao Village, Hua Hin when a shark grabbed his left foot. “I was about 100 yards from the land when it was raining. It took three bites and then disappeared,” Danielsen told NTB, a Norwegian news agency*. The Norwegian began swimming back to shore. “It was a long way to land, so it was a tough experience. I was terrified, afraid that the sharks in the…

Man loses leg to shark in Brazil (GRAPHIC)

April 16, 2018 Kevin McMurray

A man has lost his leg to a shark in Pernambuco, Brazil. Pablo Diego Inacio de Melo went swimming off Piedade Beach in the northeast coast of Brazil April 15 when he was attacked by a shark. According to friends, the 34-year-old had been warned the area was known for sharks, especially during the rainy season. “It was the second time he went to the beach here; the people who were with him knew the situation . . . he was aware of the risk, that he should not go…

Two surfers bitten by sharks hours apart in Australia

April 16, 2018 Kevin McMurray

Two surfers were bitten by sharks in Western Australia April 16. The first man bitten around 8 a.m. off a beach known as Cobblestones, located south of Gracetown. Alejandro Travaglini’s was surfing when a suspected great white shark bit and released his leg. “This thing was a big shark, and it wanted to eat him,” surfer Adam Kennedy, who was in the water at the time, told The West Australian. The shark returned a second time and grabbed Travaglini’s legs and drug him underwater. “He was literally fighting for his…

Fisherman reports shark bite in Maceio

April 11, 2018 Kevin McMurray

A shark bite has been reported in Maceió, Brazil. Josias Paz said he was bitten on the leg at Sauhaçuhy Beach on the North Coast. He said a shark had become trapped by in a fishing weir, a type of corral made from rods and nets. The weir is designed to catch fish, it also traps debris from the water. “When it rains, it always drags timber and coconut trunks into the corral,” Paz told Gazeta de Alagoas, explaining the attack at the weir, when he saw something moving in…

Fisherman reports shark bite in Maceio

April 11, 2018 Kevin McMurray