Latest Shark Attack Statistics in South Africa

October 2003: David Bornman died from injuries inflicted by a great white shark at Noordhoek.

April 2004: John Paul Andrew (17) lost his right leg to a great white shark while surfing at Muizenberg in the Cape. His recovery was considered a miracle after his heart stopped on the beach and he was only resuscitated later in the emergency room. He has since received a prosthetic leg and has started surfing again.

Later that month, a fisherman came face to face with a breaching great white whose eye was just centimetres from his own.

In June 2004, Nkosinathi Mayaba was killed by a Great White near Gansbaai.

August 2004: KwaZulu Natal fisherman were terrified when a great white shark jumped out of the water and attacked their ski boat. Later they found teeth marks on the back of the boat and a bent propeller.

October 2004: SA Masters surf champion Wayne Monk had his right foot tugged on by a ragged-tooth shark at Jeffreys Bay. Monk suffered five bites on the top, and two underneath the foot.

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According to Natal Sharks Board statistics, there have been 71 shark attacks in Cape waters since 1990 - seven fatal. In KwaZulu-Natal there has been one fatality in 16 attacks since 1991.