Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

46

Shark attacks involving 46. Browse 36 documented incidents.

36

Total Incidents

5

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2024
📍 Del Mar Beach San Diego, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Sandlnd Island, Jurian Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2023
📍 Wedge Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Elliston, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2021
📍 Melaleuca Beach, Cowaramup Bay, Gracetown, , Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Greenmount Beach, Coolangatta, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2019
📍 Hobe Sound, Martin County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2019
📍 30 nm off Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2018
📍 Cid Harbor, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2018
📍 Espirito Santo, Boi Island, Victoria, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Haulover Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Lachan Island, Mercury Passage, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Kanaha Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Muriwai, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Boca de la Leña, La Unión, Guerrero, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2011
📍 Quintana Roo, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2010
📍 Tavares Bay, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Mona Vale Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2009
📍 Onboard the fishing vessel Chin Sheng Fa 13, Off Green Island, TAIWAN
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Moffat Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Binningup, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2001
📍 Cape St. Francis, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1996
📍 Truro (Cape Cod), Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992
📍 Ano Nuevo, San Mateo County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1989
📍 24 km off Santa Catalina Island in the Channel Islands, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1986
📍 King's Beach, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1985
📍 Point Conception, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1976
📍 Bovalino, Reggio Calabria Province, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1966
📍 Key Biscayne, Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1960
📍 Mispillion Light, Delaware Bay, Delaware, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 St. John, Genti Bay, US Virgin Islands, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1947
📍 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA