--- description: The pair were diving for scallops title: Man Killed in Shark Attack as Daughter Looks On image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Australia](/tag/australia/) ## Australia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Killed in Shark Attack as Daughter Looks On by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2015 4:21 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2015 4:21 PM CUT A man was [killed by a shark](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/de9fcba4e28441289b66151d0e997615/man-killed-shark-while-diving-australian-coast "undefined") off the coast of Australia while his adult daughter witnessed the attack from their boat. The pair were diving for scallops off the state of Tasmania, the Associated Press reports. The woman returned to the boat with some of the catch, and when she looked back for her father, she saw a large shark attacking him. A 15-ft.-long great white shark had recently been seen in the area, and it’s possible the same animal was responsible for the man’s death. While sharks are commonly seen in Australia’s waters, they only account for an average of two fatalities per year in the country. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/de9fcba4e28441289b66151d0e997615/man-killed-shark-while-diving-australian-coast "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3972254/shark-attack-man-daughter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3972254/shark-attack-man-daughter/"},"headline":"Man Killed in Shark Attack as Daughter Looks On","datePublished":"2015-07-25T16:21:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:35:26.106Z","description":"The pair were diving for scallops","url":"https://time.com/3972254/shark-attack-man-daughter/","keywords":["Australia","shark attack"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/australia/","name":"Australia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3972254/shark-attack-man-daughter/","name":"Man Killed in Shark Attack as Daughter Looks On"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Surfing Champion Fends Off a Shark By Punching It - World Surf League","description":"Australian surfing champion Mick Fanning escaped uninjured after being attacked by a shark Sunday during a competition in South Africa.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/i5BzDHku/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-20T02:50:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/i5BzDHku.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3972254/shark-attack-man-daughter/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3972254/shark-attack-man-daughter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```