Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

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Shark attacks involving 24. Browse 116 documented incidents.

116

Total Incidents

16

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2025
📍 Bimini Bay, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Chatham Islands, Bay of Waitangi, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Flying Fish Marina, Clarence Town Long Isand, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Dream Beach, Hurguda, Red Sea Protectorate, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2023
📍 Isle of Palms, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2021
📍 Yarrabah, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2020
📍 Exumas, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Matauri Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2018
📍 7 Mile Beach, Gerroa, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2018
📍 Torino di Sangro , Chieti, Province, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Bagan Lalang Beach, Sepang, MALAYSIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2017
📍 Unknown Location
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Balian, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2015
📍 Nahoon Beach, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2014
📍 Garden Bay near Cosy Nook, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Ravine Mula, d’Étang-Salé, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2013
📍 Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2012
📍 Off Radix Village, Mayoro County, Trinidad, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Off Wedge Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Taimali, Taitung , TAIWAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2011
📍 Albuquerque Cay, San Andrés archipelago, COLUMBIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2011
📍 Jimmys Beach, Port Stephens, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2010
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2010
📍 Ha'api , TONGA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2010
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Sharm el-Sheikh , Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Clark Island, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2009
📍 Umtentweni, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2009
📍 Windang, Lake Illawara, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 2008
📍 NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 Isle of Palms, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2008
📍 SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Troncones Beach, Guerro, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, ECUADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Marina State Beach, Monterey County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Majors Bay, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Second Beach, Port St. John's, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Sunrise Beach, Muizenberg, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Tu’anuku, Vava'u, TONGA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2005
📍 Ocean World, Changfeng Park, Shanghai, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2004
📍 Piedade Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 South Jetty, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Coogee Bay, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2002
📍 Cape Kiwanda, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Stinson Beach, Marin County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2001
📍 Zamboanga del Sur Province, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2000
📍 Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1998
📍 Pringle Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1998
📍 Walden Rocks, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1996
📍 Fripp Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1996
📍 Cat Cay, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1996
📍 Charles Street Wharf, Parramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1994
📍 Barachois, Saint-Denis, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1994
📍 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1992
📍 Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1990
📍 Spanish River Park Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1989
📍 Latigo Point / Paradise Cove, west of Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1989
📍 Latigo Point / Paradise Cove,west of Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1988
📍 Singer Island, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1987
📍 Still Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1985
📍 5 miles south of Redondo Beach, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1985
📍 Barbers Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1983
📍 Off Lodestone Reef, Great Barrier Reef, north of Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1981
📍 South Moss Beach, Spanish Bay, Monterey Peninsula, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1981
📍 Playalinda Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1981
📍 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1981
📍 Singer Island, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1981
📍 Ntlonyane Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980
📍 Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1979
📍 Public Beach (Carlin Park), Jupiter, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1977
📍 Kingscliffe Beach, south of Tweed Heads, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1976
📍 St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1975
📍 Mirs Bay , HONG KONG
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1975
📍 Off Hutchinson Island, St Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1974
📍 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1974
📍 Myers Creek, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972
📍 Marineland, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1972
📍 Stevens Reef, 70 miles from Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972
📍 Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1968
📍 Otago Harbor, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1968
📍 MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1967
📍 Ventura, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1966
📍 Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1965
📍 Oak Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1964
📍 Unknown Location
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1963
📍 Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1963
📍 Horn Island, Mississippi, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1963
📍 Rodrigues, MAURITIUS
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1963
📍 Selection Reef, Umdhloti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1962
📍 Farallon Islands, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 1962
📍 Long Cay, Grand Turk Island, BRITISH WEST INDIES
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1962
📍 Manasquan, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1962
📍 Jukuataia Village, 10ºS, 142ºE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1961
📍 Lambert’s Beach, Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961
📍 Glenelg Breakwater, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1961
📍 Flinders Island, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1961
📍 Lady Beach at Warrnambool, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1960
📍 Hamelin Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1960
📍 North Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1960
📍 Sea Girt, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1960
📍 North picnic area, Jekyll Island, Glynn County, Georgia, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1951
📍 Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1946
📍 Pollock Beach, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Trinity Beach, 17 km northwast of Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1938
📍 Lady Martin’s Beach, Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1933
📍 Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1932
📍 Redhead Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1916
📍 Matawan Creek, 10 miles from the sea, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1916
📍 Beach Haven, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1898
📍 Outer Harbor, Aden, YEMEN