3 days ago · Per the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File, which tracks such incidents, there were only 3 recorded shark attacks in Turks and Caicos between 1749 and 2024. The Bahamas, meanwhile ...

4 days ago · A Canadian tourist lost both her hands when she tried to take a picture with a 6-foot shark while swimming in Turks and Caicos and it bit her. The 55-year-old woman was snorkeling off ...

May 26, 2023 · A shark attacked a 22-year-old woman from Connecticut while she was snorkeling at a resort in Turks and Caicos Wednesday, according to a release from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands...

3 days ago · Sharks Tourist loses both hands while snorkeling in Turks and Caicos after shark attacks during failed photo op Local officials said between 2021 and 2025, four people were reported to have been ...

5 days ago · A Canadian tourist trying to photograph a shark in shallow water at a beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands this month was bitten by the shark and lost both of her hands, officials said.

3 days ago · The woman is not the only Canadian maimed by a shark in Turks and Caicos waters. In May 2024, P.E.I.’s Lucas Arsenault was snorkelling off a boat in when, unprovoked, a large shark attacked his leg.

3 days ago · Shark bites in the waters off the Turks and Caicos islands are rare, with only one unprovoked non-fatal attack reported last year, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s ...

3 days ago · Shark attacks are relatively rare off the coast of Turks and Caicos with only one unprovoked attack confirmed last year, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File ...

3 days ago · Shark attacks in the Turks and Caicos are rare, with only four people affected by incidents between 2021 and 2025, and all surviving. The most common species in the archipelago’s waters is the ...

May 25, 2023 · A Connecticut woman is in serious condition in a Turks and Caicos hospital after a shark bit off one of her legs, officials announced Wednesday.