Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

23

Shark attacks involving 23. Browse 90 documented incidents.

90

Total Incidents

20

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2025
📍 Off Haleiwa Boat Harbour Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2024
📍 North Shore Beach, Port Macquarie, NSW, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 2024
📍 Indian Ocean, Maahvah Laamu Atoll, MALDIVE ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2020
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Spanish Cay, Bahamas, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 2020
📍 North West Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Magdalena Bay, Baja , MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Jacksonville Beach, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2019
📍 Kaiwi Channel, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Pounders Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Ain Sokhna, Suez, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2015
📍 Port Lucaya, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Lookout Beach, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2015
📍 Praia del Chifre, Olinda, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Kelpids Beach, Wylie Bay, Esperance, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2014
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 Between Dee Why and Long Reef, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 Tofino, Vancouver, British Colombia, CANADA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Summerland Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2011
📍 Barandúa Beach, Santa Elena, ECUADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2009
📍 Deep Sea World Aquarium, Fife, SCOTLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2009
📍 Mabini, Batangas province, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Bay of Luengoni, Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 Florence, Lane County, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2005
📍 Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2005
📍 Glenelg , South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 Sunglow Pier, Daytona Beach Shores, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Miami Lake, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Smoky Bay, near Ceduna, on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2001
📍 Avon, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2000
📍 Flinders Cay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2000
📍 Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, St Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2000
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1999
📍 Kwajalein Atoll, Ralik Chain, MARSHALL ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1998
📍 Ponta do Ouro, Maputo Province, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 1997
📍 North Jetty, Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1996
📍 Waihere Bay, Chatham Islands , NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack - 1995
📍 Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1994
📍 Juno Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1994
📍 Katana Downs Reach, Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack - 1991
📍 Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1991
📍 Ma'ili Beach, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1990
📍 Cape Recife, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1988
📍 Playalinda, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1988
📍 Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1986
📍 Tiger Shores Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1986
📍 The Fence, King's Beach, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1984
📍 3 miles south of Sebastian Inlet State Park, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1981
📍 Widenham, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1978
📍 Sodwana, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1978
📍 Enewetak Atoll, Ralik Archipelago, MARSHALL ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1976
📍 Emerald Isle Pier (near Morehead City), Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1976
📍 St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1975
📍 Perch Rock, Point Conception, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1969
📍 Sarasota County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1967
📍 Lamassa Island, 16 miles from Lambon Island, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1967
📍 Jurien Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1965
📍 Playa Villa del Mar, Veracruz, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1964
📍 Tovu, Totoya Island, Lau Group, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1964
📍 Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1963
📍 55 miles south of Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1962
📍 Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1961
📍 North of main swimming area in Waterman's Bay Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1961
📍 500 yards from Fowey Rock Light, 9 miles east of Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959
📍 Bird Island, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1957
📍 Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1956
📍 Chain Rocks, Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1956
📍 Off Funchal, Madeira, PORTUGAL
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1954
📍 Point Lonsdale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1954
📍 The Entrance, near Gosford, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1953
📍 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1953
📍 Bohol, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1953
📍 Long Reef, Collaroy, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1951
📍 South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1951
📍 Avalon, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Glenelg, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1944
📍 North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1941
📍 Off Libya, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1940
📍 Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1935
📍 Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1932
📍 Kowie River Mouth, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1931
📍 Miramar subdivision, Havana, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1930
📍 Melkbaai, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1911
📍 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1905
📍 Elwood, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1881
📍 Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1879
📍 Port Blair, Andaman Islands, INDIA