Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

15

Shark attacks involving 15. Browse 155 documented incidents.

155

Total Incidents

25

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Central America, Gulf of Honduras, BELIZE
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Rosemary Beach Walton County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Ethel Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2023
📍 Kismet Beach, Suffolk County, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Beach 3, Robert Moses State Park, Suffolk County, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2023
📍 Stone Harbor, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2023
📍 Piedade Beach, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2022
📍 Killick Creek near Crescent Head, New South ales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2021
📍 Ocean Grove Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2021
📍 Ocean Grove Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2021
📍 Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2021
📍 Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2021
📍 Catalina Island, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2020
📍 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Wilsons Headland, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2020
📍 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2019
📍 North Cottesloe , Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Normanville, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2017
📍 Jacksonvlle, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Nassau, New Providence Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Hanalei Bay, Kauai, , Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2015
📍 Murrells Inlet, Georgetown County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2015
📍 Chintsa East Beach, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2014
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2014
📍 Middleton Point, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 2013
📍 Le cimetière marin, Saint-Paul, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2013
📍 Surfside Beach, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Off Catalina Island, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 2011
📍 Playa Grande, Guanacaste, COSTA RICA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Kendec, North Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2010
📍 Fraser's Reef, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 2009
📍 Piedade, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2009
📍 Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2009
📍 Avalon, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2008
📍 Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 Cherry Grove, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2008
📍 Palm Beach Shores, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2007
📍 Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Ka'a'awa, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2007
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2007
📍 Direction Island, Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Wharton Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2006
📍 Sebastian Inlet, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 Playalinda Beach, Canaveral National Seashore, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Lanai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 Newcastle Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2006
📍 St. Francis Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2006
📍 Makena, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 Nahoon, East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2005
📍 Ponce de Leon Inlet, Volusia County , Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2005
📍 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2005
📍 Park Beach, Coff's Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2004
📍 P' tit Paris, Saint-Pierre, Conservatória District, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2004
📍 South Beach, South Island, near Karitane north of Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2003
📍 Isle of Palms, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2003
📍 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 St Augustine Beach. St. Johns County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2002
📍 Ponce De Leon Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 2002
📍 Cikobia Island (north of Vanua Levu), FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2000
📍 Nahoon, East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1999
📍 Oreti Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1998
📍 Sardinia Bay near Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1995
📍 Pialba, Hervey Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1995
📍 Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1995
📍 Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1994
📍 Boa Viagem, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1994
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1994
📍 Beachview Holiday Resort, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1993
📍 near El Cocal Beach, La Libertad, EL SALVADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1993
📍 Piedade, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1988
📍 Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1988
📍 Moama Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1988
📍 Jensen Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1988
📍 Mtunzini, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1987
📍 North of Jupiter Inlet, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1985
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1985
📍 Struisbaai, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 1984
📍 Bob Graham Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1983
📍 Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1983
📍 Off Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1983
📍 Off Sandy Point, Great Abaco Island, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1983
📍 Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1981
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1981
📍 Juno Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1980
📍 Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1976
📍 Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1975
📍 North Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1972
📍 Crescent Beach, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1971
📍 Southport, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1970
📍 New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1969
📍 Swan River, 13 miles upstream, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1969
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1968
📍 Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1967
📍 Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1967
📍 Near Key West, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack - 1967
📍 Goolwa, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack - 1966
📍 Reeds Bay, Brigantine, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1966
📍 Oakura Beach, Taranaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1966
📍 Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1966
📍 Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1965
📍 Outside the reef off Moputu Village, near Talasea, West coast, NEW BRITAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1965
📍 Steel Pier, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1964
📍 NEW CALEDONIA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1963
📍 Umvoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1963
📍 Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1963
📍 Awili, South Kona, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1962
📍 Long Beach, Southland, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961
📍 Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 1960
📍 Key Largo Sound, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1959
📍 Savannah Beach, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Trench’s Beach, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1958
📍 Near Twin Islands off Lanikai, O'ahu (east coast), Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1958
📍 Coronado Strand, San Diego County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1957
📍 Uvongo, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1957
📍 Merewether Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1957
📍 Kieta, Bougainville (North Solomons), SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1956
📍 Pioneer River near Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1956
📍 Kérkira, Corfu Island, GREECE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1955
📍 Open sea, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack - 1953
📍 Rockaway Beach, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1953
📍 Maile Beach, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1951
📍 Catembe , Bay of Maputu, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Mark’s Point, Swan Bay, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1946
📍 Jura Village, Gaza, ISRAEL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1945
📍 Shatt-al Arab River, Basrah, IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 1944
📍 Atlantic Beach, Mayport, Duval County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1936
📍 Throsby Creek, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1934
📍 North Steyne, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1934
📍 Lambeth Street Wharf, George’s River, East Hills (20 miles from river mouth), New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 1933
📍 North end of Morris Island at mouth of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 Graceville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1927
📍 Grey’s Point, Port Hacking, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1926
📍 San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1899
📍 Trout River, Panama Park, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1898
📍 Ramshorn Creek, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1896
📍 Off Cape Haitien, HAITI
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1892
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1877
📍 Na Koro Vatu, Rewa River, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1848
📍 Patapsco River, Maryland, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1842
📍 Absecon, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA