A spearfisherman (name not released) received minor lacerations to his knee after a shark bit him while he was spearfishing off Green Island, New South Wales, Australia. The incident happened on 2 December 2012.
He was taken to Port Macquarie Base Hospital with minor injuries, which did not require stitches.
According to other divers, the victim had a dead fish attached to his weight belt, which attracted the shark.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
News.com.au
Jon Hines, 34, was attacked repeatedly by a shark while surfing at Red Bluff Point near Quobba Station in Western Australia. He fought off the shark but suffered serious wounds to his abdomen and right arm. The attack happened around 3.25pm on Tuesday 28 August 2012.
He was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital and was reported in a stable condition following surgery.
Witnesses told the press he fought off the attack after the initial bite to his abdomen and suffered serious wounds to his right arm in the process.
“There was a big swell . . . plenty of my mates were around there, they said it was pretty brutal,” one of the witnesses said.
“A couple of them helped drag him in . . . they heard him screaming for help and they thought he just hurt himself badly in a wipe-out.
“From what I hear he had to fight it off and it came back and had another go and that’s when it got him on the arm.
One of the surfers helped Hines get to shore.
“He just told the guy to hang on to his leg rope and he just paddled him straight in,
“He did a really good job . . . he is legend of the ocean, he just did what he had to do and he did it well.
“He saved his life I guess, all the people out there – all the girls and boys out there – helped save him.”
It was not reported what type of shark it was although it was reported that tiger sharks are known to frequent the area.
Another witness said the water was full of blood.
“He was conscious the whole way back though, he was OK. He was in good spirits, as well as he could be.”
Sources
Perth Now
Martin Kane, 62, examines his surf ski that was bitten in half by a 3-metre great white shark, flinging him into the water.
Martin Kane, 62, escaped injury, but was badly shaken when a 3-metre great white shark attacked his surf ski, biting it in half. The incident happened around 7.15am on Wednesday 20 June 2012.
He was paddling with a group of 4 other surf lifesavers about 150 metres off Mullaloo Beach north of Perth, Western Australia.
He was flung into the water but was rescued by a friend who was in the group of paddlers.
He said it felt like being rammed by a jet ski and made a loud exploding noise.
“I seriously thought it was a row of dolphins smashing into the ski.
“What really confused me was the extent of the noise and the crunching sound, it really surprised me, I really didn’t know what it was until I saw the fin and realised it was a shark.
“Because it is a sealed unit, when the shark bit it, it went off like an explosion.
“Soon as I saw his tail and thrashing around with the ski coming right out of the water, I said it’s time to get out of here so in defiance I threw my paddle at him and started to swim away.”
He told reporters he suspected stringers that run down the length of the ski and control the rudders saved his life.
“I suspect that its teeth were caught up in that and it was too bothered trying to get rid of the ski to chase me, so I’m very, very happy that was the case.
“I’m just very lucky to be here, very lucky to be able to see my grandkids again.”
Sources:
ABC News
Sydney Morning Herald
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ABC News
Mike Higgins leaves Geelong Hospital after having his minor shark bite wound treated.
Mike Higgins, 42, was surfing with friends when he felt the shark brush against him in the water. It then bit his foot his foot and let go.
“It had a little bite then let go after a couple of seconds. I was pretty scared,” he told the press.
The incident took place around 10am on 12 June 2012 off Port Campbell on Victoria’s south east coast, Australia.
A friend took him to Geelong Hospital where he was treated for a small gash, and later discharged.
It was not reported what type of shark it was.
Sources:
7 News
Herald Sun
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7 News
Billy O'Leary lies calmly while paramedics treat his shark bite wound.
Billy O’Leary, 20, suffered a deep 30cm wound to his calf from a bite by a small bull shark while surfing 150 metres off Nobby Beach on the Gold Coast, Australia. The incident occurred around 5.05pm on Tuesday 20 March 2012.
A witness said he was lucky not to lose his leg with the bad bite near the ankle.
It is reported the surfer was doing aerials when he fell on the shark, which experts say was feeding on bait fish inshore.
He paddled to shore and a friend called lifeguards who were on the scene in minutes and managed to stem the bleeding before he was taken to Gold Coast Hospital in an ambulance. He was reported in a stable condition.
No other details were reported.
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PIC source:
Channel Nine via Goldcoast.com.au
A Melbourne Aquarium diver in her late 30s (not named) was bitten in the face during a routine feeding session, but avoided serious injury. She suffered three lacerations to the right side of her mouth, according to the report.
The shark that bit her was “a 40cm tawny nurse shark that did not have sharp teeth”.
She was taken to hospital in a stable condition after being treated.
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A brief report in the Newcastle Herald, says a fisherman (not named) was bitten on the left foot by a grey nurse shark while in the water picking up fish. He was not seriously injured and managed to sail back to nearby Nelson Bay to be treated at Tomaree Hospital. He had further treatment at John Hunter Hospital.
The incident happened around 4pm on Saturday, 25 February 2012.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
Newcastle Herald
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David Pickering was bitten on the right forearm by a tiger shark while snorkelling at The Lagoon, near Coral Bay, Western Australia
Tour Operator David Pickering, 26, was bitten on the right forearm by what is believed to be a 3-metre tiger shark while guiding a group of snorkellers at The Lagoon, north of Coral Bay in Western Australia.
The incident happened about 100 metres from the shore at around 2pm on 19 January 2012.
According to press reports Pickering suffered tendon damage, but his injuries were not life threatening.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service, which flew in to pick him up, said he suffered some nasty lacerations to his forearm and that he was being taken to Perth for treatment. He was reported in stable condition.
According to press reports, another operator said he highly doubted it would be a tiger shark claiming it was more likely to be a reef shark that bit Pickering since there were thousands in the area.
No other details were immediately available.
Sources:
Perth Now
Sydney Morning Herald
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Perth Now
A chunk was bitten from this surfboard by a bull shark that attacked a surfer leaving severe lacerations to his thigh.
UPDATE: The surfer’s name is Glen Folkard. He describes how the shark followed his blood trail as he paddled back to the beach after the attack – Daily Telegraph
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A surfer, aged 44 (name not released) suffered a large laceration to his upper thigh after being attacked by what is believed to be a bull shark. The shark also bit out a chunk of the man’s surfboard.
The incident happened around 5pm on Wednesday 18 January 2012 at Redhead Beach, near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
According to press reports the man managed to paddle to shore while losing a lot of blood where he was hauled up the beach by a group of surfers. He was assisted by lifeguards before paramedics arrived and transported him to John Hunter Hospital in a serious condition.
A witness described the scene as if it was from the movie Jaws.
“It was kind of like Jaws, you know, the scene at the start … where everybody’s pulled out of the water and it’s a hot day and the water’s inviting.”
When they pulled him from the water “his skin was really grey, he obviously lost quite a lot of blood”.
No other details were reported.
Sources:
PIC Source:
News.com.au
A surfer is taken to hospital after suffering minor shark bite wounds to his right wrist and forearm while surfing late in the evening at North Avoca Beach, near Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
A 28-year-old surfer – name not released – was bitten on the his right wrist and forarm by a juvenile white shark while surfing at North Avoca Beach, near Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. The incident happened about 8pm on Tuesday 3 January 2012.
According to an eye witness, the shark bit onto his right arm while he was lying on his surfboard. He used his left hand to hit the shark on the snout and it swam away. He suffered a 5cm wound to his right wrist and forearm.
He paddled to shore and was treated by paramedics before being taken to Gosford Hospital where he was reported to be in satisfactory condition.
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Video screen grab from BBC News
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