Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

29

Shark attacks involving 29. Browse 88 documented incidents.

88

Total Incidents

14

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 2025
📍 Verde Island, Batangas Resort, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2025
📍 The Wrecks walking track Moreton Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Elizabeth Bay, Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2022
📍 Cape San Blas, Gulf County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2020
📍 D’Estrees Bay near Kangaroo Island, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2020
📍 Fitzroy Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2018
📍 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Carter's Cay, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2018
📍 Shipwreck’s Beach, Keoneloa Bay, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2017
📍 Weipa, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Indian Beach, Ecola State Park, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Irino Beach, Kochi Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Falcon Beach, Mandurah, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Deer Creek Beach, Ventura County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Port St. John's, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2014
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2014
📍 Figure Eight Island, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Nerang River near Chevron Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Ninole Bay, Hawaii County, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2013
📍 Flinders, Mornington Penisula, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2013
📍 Playa Brava, Turtle Bay, Santa Cruz Island, ECUADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Kylie's Beach, Diamond Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Eueiki Island, Vava'u, TONGA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 Sandstrand, Jongensfontein, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 Wurtulla, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2011
📍 Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Cintza Beach, East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Between Dyer Island and Pearly Beach, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Winchester Bay, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Hanalei Bay, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Atlantis Beach, near Tramandai, Rio Grande Do Sul, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Long Reef, north of Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 Tallow Beach, Byron Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2008
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 Tiger Shores Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2006
📍 Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2005
📍 Keawakapu Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 2004
📍 Piedade Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2002
📍 Gulf of Mexico, 65 miles offshore from Mobile, Alabama, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2002
📍 Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Broward County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2001
📍 Coquina Beach, Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2001
📍 Off 21st Avenue, Isle of Palms, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1999
📍 Cintsa East, East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1999
📍 Olowalu side of Lahina, Maui , Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1999
📍 Quarter mile offshore in Kaanapali, West Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1997
📍 Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1997
📍 Clam Beach, near Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1996
📍 Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1995
📍 Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1995
📍 Sheung Sze Wan Beach, New Territories, HONG KONG
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1993
📍 Bastendorf Beach, Coos County, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1990
📍 Fingal Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1989
📍 Melkbosstrand, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1989
📍 Smitswinkel, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1988
📍 Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1986
📍 Jan Juc Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1986
📍 Arniston, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1985
📍 San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1984
📍 Fowey Rock, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1983
📍 Seal Island, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1982
📍 Elliot Key, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980
📍 Off Umpqua River, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1980
📍 South of Lamu Island, Lamu Archipelago, KENYA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1980
📍 Anstey’s, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1976
📍 San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1975
📍 15 km north of Lancelin, north of Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1974
📍 North Farallon Island, Farallon Islands, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972
📍 Millers Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1966
📍 South West Rocks, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1966
📍 Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1966
📍 Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, Monterey County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1964
📍 Fingal Beach, near Tweed Heads, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1964
📍 Long Island, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1962
📍 Off the passenger liner Stirling Castle, Off coast of West Africa, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1962
📍 Farallon Islands, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1959
📍 Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Astwood's Cove, Hamilton, BERMUDA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1958
📍 1 mile off Miami Beach, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1958
📍 Off Cape of Pi-tou, Taipei Hsien, TAIWAN
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1958
📍 Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1956
📍 Glencairn, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1947
📍 Off Central American coast at 8N.79W, PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1930
📍 LaPlaya Beach / Vedado, Havana, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1919
📍 Brible Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1901
📍 Windmill Beach, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1839
📍 Rewa , Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1000
📍 Archeological site, Puerto Rico, USA