Question: are there sharks in the yucatan?
Answer: There are sharks around the Yucatán Peninsula, as evidenced by the fact that the word shark itself is Mayan in origin. ... You are more likely to see a shark by the coral reefs, but even then it will be a rare sighting. No-one has ever died of a shark attack in the Yucatán, though someone did get bitten in 1941.