Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

21

Shark attacks involving 21. Browse 128 documented incidents.

128

Total Incidents

26

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2024
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Floria, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2023
📍 Riverton, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Clack Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2023
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2022
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2021
📍 Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CANADA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2021
📍 Daytona Beach Shores, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 2020
📍 Esperance, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2019
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Rose Island, Lucayan Archipelago, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2018
📍 Off Land's End, Cornwall, ENGLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2017
📍 Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2017
📍 Boa Viagem, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Ricaudy Reef, Noumea, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2015
📍 Playalinda Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2015
📍 Deerfield Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Santa Lucea Beach, South Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Huahine, Society Islands, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2014
📍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Casino Beach, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2013
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Santa Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2011
📍 Buxton Beach, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Bunker Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2011
📍 Praia do Pina, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2011
📍 Bay of Bweedro, Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands, NEW CALEDONIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 2010
📍 Boca Chica, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2010
📍 Two Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2009
📍 Davenport, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2009
📍 The Natural Jetty, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 Pantla Beach, Guerro, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2006
📍 Kiawah Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Sigatoka, Vitu Levu, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 Round Island Park, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 2005
📍 On deck of fishing trawler 100 nautical miles offshore, THAILAND
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Dyer Island, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Ensenada de la Coronilla, Rocha, URUGUAY
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Sodwana, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 Canova Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2002
📍 Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2002
📍 Opposite main gate at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2001
📍 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2001
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1999
📍 South of Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1999
📍 Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1998
📍 Middleton Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1998
📍 Middleton Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1998
📍 East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1997
📍 Botany Bay?, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1997
📍 Carrara, Nerang River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1996
📍 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1996
📍 Bayshore Garden, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1993
📍 Mogadishu, Banaadir Region, SOMALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1993
📍 Line Reef, northeast of Hamilton Island, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1992
📍 Port Sandwich, Malakula, Malampa Province, VANUATU
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992
📍 Winchester Bay, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1991
📍 Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1990
📍 Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1989
📍 St Augustine, St Johns County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1989
📍 Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1988
📍 Indian Beach, Ecola State Park, just north of Cannon Beach, Clatsop County , Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1988
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1987
📍 Seal Island, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1986
📍 SAOU Strand, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1986
📍 East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1985
📍 T.O. Strand, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1984
📍 Cape Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1983
📍 Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1983
📍 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1983
📍 Intracoastal Waterway, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1979
📍 Mirs Bay, HONG KONG
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1977
📍 Off San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1975
📍 Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1975
📍 Maroochydore, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1974
📍 Lokva Rogoznica, Omis, Split-Dalmatia County, CROATIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1974
📍 Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1973
📍 Palm Cove Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1971
📍 Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1969
📍 Beecroft Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1968
📍 South Coast, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1967
📍 FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1967
📍 Brindisi, Brindisi Province, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1967
📍 Leigh, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1967
📍 St. Kilda Beach, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1966
📍 Pulsano, near Taranto, Taranto province, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1965
📍 Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1964
📍 Off Achutuppu Island near Ailigandi, San Blas, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1964
📍 Southeast Farallon Island, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1963
📍 Dravuwalu, Totoya Island, Lau Province, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1962
📍 Off Hilton Head, Beaufort County , South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961
📍 Riccione, Adriatic Sea, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1961
📍 Otford, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961
📍 Aldinga Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1959
📍 Near Paradise Cove, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1959
📍 Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1959
📍 Mission Beach, San Diego County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1958
📍 Surfer's Paradise, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1958
📍 Port Kilindeni / Mombasa Harbor, Coast Province, KENYA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1958
📍 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1956
📍 Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1951
📍 Merewether Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1951
📍 Amalfi, Salerno, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1950
📍 Burleigh Heads, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1950
📍 Rock Harbor, Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Cosenza, Calabria, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1937
📍 Limon Bay, Colon Province, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1930
📍 Jensen Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 150 miles offshore, PANAMA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1922
📍 Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1921
📍 Fort Frank, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1912
📍 Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove River, near Sydney , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1905
📍 Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1892
📍 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1883
📍 Parramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1859
📍 Off Kawaihae, Hawaii, USA