7 Beaches With Most Shark Attack In the World
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VIVA – Beach is a beautiful place with coconut trees, white sand, and surfers for perfect waves. Millions of people around the world enjoy the beach during their vacations and for recreational opportunities every day such as swimming, fishing, sunbathing, collecting shells, running, counting grains of sand, and dozens of other activities.
But beaches have a dark side too such as beaches can be a dangerous recreation area due to shark attacks, high waves, or etc.
1. Second Beach, Port St. Johns, South Africa
Second Beach, Port St. Johns, Afrika Selatan
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Second Beach in Port St. Johns is a delightful getaway destination on South Africa's majestic Transkei coast. Unfortunately, in recent years Second Beach has gained a reputation as the most dangerous beach in South Africa. This is because there have been eight shark attacks in five years against surfers and swimmers.
The species claimed responsibility for the horrible incident at Second Beach is the Zambezi shark which is known as the bull shark in other parts of the world. Bull sharks can grow to 2.5 meters (8 feet) and have a reputation for aggressive behavior. They are known to bite almost anything they find in the water, such as the tiger shark.
2. New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Pantai Smyrna Baru, Florida
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New Smyrna Beach located in Volusia County, Florida, USA has a high number of cases of surfers and marine swimmers throughout the year, with an average of 9 shark bites/year. Juvenile fishes will swim north along the Florida coast in annual migrations involving millions of animals.
They are followed by many predators, among them seabirds and sharks. Fortunately, most of the sharks that follow baitfish in New Smyrna are also juveniles at 2 meters or 6 feet or less in length.
3. Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Brazil
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Boa Viagem in Recife, in the tropical state of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil. Boa Viagem is a very popular beach in the center of Recife, a city of two million people.
It is estimated that there have been more than 50 recorded shark attacks in the last 20 years on this beach, the majority of which were fatal. As a result, Boa Viagem has actually banned surfing and swimming in water more than one meter (39 inches) deep since 1999. Most incidents are attributed to Bull sharks and Tiger sharks.
4. Esperance, Western Australia
Esperance, Australia Barat, Australia
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There is a beautiful white sand beach and perfect surf waves in the Indian Ocean that is Esperance beach. Activities centered on the ocean are central to work and play enjoyed by everyone.
However, there have been three fatal shark attacks within three years against surfers and divers. All three attacks were attributed to the Great White shark until many have called for mitigation strategies, from shark nets to drum motion sensors.
5. Sandy Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Pantai Sandy, Oahu Hawaii, AS
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Sandy Beach on the island of Oahu locally known as "Broken Neck Beach" due to the strong breaking waves and the large number of injuries inflicted by the strong waves.
Sandy Beach receives near-constant ocean waves from northeasterly winds, short-period waves that break into strong, hollow tubes on a steep sandy beach.
Sandy's is known for its great body surfing and bodyboarding conditions and attracts many locals and visitors all year round.
Strong waves make surfers descend into the shallow sandbar. Inexperienced surfers even resulted in many injuries. Most are just bruises or scrapes, but some incidents are very serious, such as broken neck, pelvic bones and spinal cord injuries.
6. Makua Beach, Hawaii
Pantai Makua, Haena, Kauai, Hawaii, AS
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Makua Beach or known as "Tunnel Beach" after the events of 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton paddling on its surface. He played with his friends to catch some waves in late October 2013.
After one wave, he returned to rowing and was attacked by a tiger shark, estimated to be 4 meters long, which bit him in the left shoulder.
The surprising encounter with a shark is not the first at this beach, which has been known for its great tiger sharks for years among those who surf there regularly.
His friends quickly controlled the blood loss and were treated at a nearby hospital to save his life.
7. Imperial Beach, California
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Imperial beach is popular with surfers for its consistent and strong waves, Imperial Beach also hosts many fishermen and other beachgoers who enjoy the Pacific Ocean as residents or visitors.
However, there is a large wastewater treatment plant across the border in Mexico that handles all the wastewater from the city of Tijuana, a metropolis of more than two million people, which has seen a huge population increase since the 1950s.
This plant discharges raw sewage and industrial pollutants regularly into the Pacific Ocean making it dangerous.
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