Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Severe

Shark attacks resulting in Severe. Browse 395 documented incidents.

395

Total Incidents

7

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2025
📍 Gunyah beach Bundeena Port Hacking, NSW, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 2025
📍 Verde Island, Batangas Resort, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2025
📍 Bimini Bay, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2025
📍 Islet of Kendek near Koumac, Grande Terre, NEW CALEDONIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2024
📍 West of Dakhla, Southern Morocco, MOROCCO
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2024
📍 North Shore Beach, Port Macquarie, NSW, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Central America, Gulf of Honduras, BELIZE
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Falmouth, Montego Bay, JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2024
📍 Leward reef, Providenciales Island, TURKS AND CAICOS
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2024
📍 Mangareva Atoll, Gambier Islands, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2023
📍 1770, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Dahab, South Sinai, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2023
📍 CORAL SEA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2023
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2023
📍 Mosquera Islet, Galapagos Islands, ECUADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Shark Junction, Freeport, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales Island, TURKS AND CAICOS
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2022
📍 Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Looe Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2022
📍 Keaton Beach, , Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2022
📍 JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2021
📍 off Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2021
📍 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2021
📍 Booby Island, The Narrows, ST KITTS / NEVIS
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2021
📍 Blackwall Reach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2020
📍 Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2020
📍 Britomart Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Sombero Key Light, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Off Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Opunohu Bay, Moorea, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2019
📍 Fort Macon State Beach, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Port South Marina, Noumea, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2019
📍 North Salmon Creek Beach, Sonoma County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Off Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory , AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Baylys Beach , North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2018
📍 Cid Harbor, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2018
📍 Cid Harbor, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2018
📍 Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2018
📍 Piedade, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Lizard Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Manuelita, Cocos Island, COSTA RICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Hultin's Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2017
📍 Ocean Reef Park, Singer Island, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2017
📍 40 miles off Grand Bahama Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Athol Island, New Providence , BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2017
📍 Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2017
📍 San Onofre, San Diego County , California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Kekaha Beach, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2017
📍 Playa Baghdad, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2017
📍 Eva Rock, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Keurbooms Lagoon, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Boucan Canot, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Sharpes Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Isla Providencia, COLUMBIA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Ain Sokhna, Suez, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Makemo Atoll, Tuamotos, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Boa Vista Island, CAPE VERDE
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Bombo Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2015
📍 Maxixe, Inhambane Province, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Lanikai Beach, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2015
📍 Maxixe, Inhambane Bay, Inhambane Province, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Leftovers, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2015
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Upolu Point, North Kohala, Big Island, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2015
📍 Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Buffels Bay near Knysna, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Oak Island, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Off San Diego, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Fishery Bay, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Tahiti Beach, Elbow Cay, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Kelpids Beach, Wylie Bay, Esperance, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2014
📍 500 km off the coast of Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Elliston, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2013
📍 740 miles SE of Tarawa Atoll, KIRIBATI
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Kanaha Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Ravine Mula, d’Étang-Salé, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Saint Leu, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2012
📍 Mullaloo Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2012
📍 Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Boca de la Leña, La Unión, Guerrero, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2011
📍 Playa Jackson , Samaná Province, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Clovely Beach, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2011
📍 Vityaz, Telyakovsky Bay, Khasan, Primorsky Krai (Far East), RUSSIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Aliwal Shoal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Crowdy Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2011
📍 Nukudamu , FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2011
📍 Jimmys Beach, Port Stephens, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2011
📍 Trois-Roches, Saint Gilles , REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2011
📍 Cancun, Quintana Roo, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2010
📍 SAMOA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2010
📍 Conspicuous Beach, near Walpole, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2010
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2009
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2009
📍 Batt Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Garden Point, Woolloomooloo Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Binalong Bay, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Fingal Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Buck Island, US Virgin Islands, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Levys Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Daedalus Reef, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Piedade, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Albany, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 Jimmy's Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2007
📍 Kaikoura, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Playalinda Beach, Canaveral National Seashore, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Daedalus Reef , Red Sea, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2007
📍 Bellows Beach near Wailea Point, O’ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Wharton Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2006
📍 Danger Reef, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Sunrise Beach, Muizenberg, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 2006
📍 San Juan Beach , Alicante, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2006
📍 Mangrove Cay, Andros Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2005
📍 North Topsail Beach, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2005
📍 Cape San Blas, Gulf County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2005
📍 50 km east of Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2005
📍 Uvero, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2004
📍 P' tit Paris, Saint-Pierre, Conservatória District, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2004
📍 7 km off Trigg surf beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2004
📍 The lagoon at Dahab, Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Bryan Beach, Brazoria County, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Piedade Beach, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Surfers' Corner, Muizenberg, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2003
📍 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Tunnels surf break off Makua Beach, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Pau Amarelo Beach, Paulista District (17 km from Recife), Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Limay, Baatan, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2003
📍 El Yaqu, Isla de Margarita, Nueva Esparta, VENEZUELA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Salmon Creek, Sonoma County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2002
📍 French Cay, Caicos Bank, TURKS & CAICOS
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2002
📍 Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Piedade Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2002
📍 Brooker Island , Calvados Chain, Louisiade Archipelago, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Brenecke Beach, Po'ipu, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2001
📍 Avon, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2001
📍 Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2000
📍 St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2000
📍 Bouges Bank, Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2000
📍 Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1998
📍 Keurbooms, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1997
📍 Waiokapua Bay/Majors Bay, Brennecke Beach, Poipu, Kaua'i Island, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1997
📍 Safaga, Red Sea, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1996
📍 Waihere Bay, Chatham Islands , NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1994
📍 Boa Viagem, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1994
📍 Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1994
📍 Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1994
📍 300 miles east of Easter Island, CHILE
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1993
📍 Horners, Wailua, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1993
📍 "Bunkers" Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1993
📍 Mouth of Wallua River, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1993
📍 Playa de las Arenas, Valencia , Costa Blanca, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1993
📍 Abalone Point, Westport Union Landing, Mendocino County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1993
📍 Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1992
📍 Boa Viagem, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992
📍 Meteorologic Station on Campbell Island, 370 nautical miles south of New Zealand, Antarctic Ocean, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1991
📍 Ravine des Sables, Saint Leu, L'Etang-Salé, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1991
📍 Croatan Beach, Virginia Beach, , Virginia, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1991
📍 Praia de Pau Amarelo, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1990
📍 Cintsa East, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1990
📍 Silver (Silva) Channels, Waialua, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1989
📍 Highborn Cay, Great Exuma Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1989
📍 Anahola, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1987
📍 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1987
📍 Mustang Island, near Port Aransas, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1986
📍 Tarifa , Cádiz, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1985
📍 East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1985
📍 Little Glass Shacks, Princeville, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1985
📍 Palmetto Dunes, Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1984
📍 South Padre Island, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1983
📍 6 miles south of Boca Chica Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 1982
📍 North Rat Cay Reef, Andros Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1981
📍 Nimitz Beach, Barbers Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980
📍 Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1979
📍 Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1979
📍 Ile Yandé (between Poum and Bélep), North Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1976
📍 Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1975
📍 Inyoni Rocks, Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1974
📍 North Farallon Island, Farallon Islands, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1974
📍 Mirs Bay , HONG KONG
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1973
📍 Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1973
📍 Point Lookout, Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972
📍 Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1971
📍 Mirs Bay , HONG KONG
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1971
📍 Point Purisima, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1971
📍 Southport, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1970
📍 Unknown Location
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1970
📍 3.2 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1970
📍 Gijana, 150 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1970
📍 Gijana, 150 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1970
📍 Gijana, 150 km inland, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1970
📍 Shatt-al-Arab River near Abu al Khasib, Basrah, IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1970
📍 Shatt-al-Arab River, Basrah, IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1969
📍 Bird Rock, Tomales Point, near Marin County / Sonoma County border, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1968
📍 Tahiti, Society Islands, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1968
📍 Bodega Rock, Sonoma County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1968
📍 ENGLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1968
📍 New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1968
📍 Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1967
📍 Xefina Island, Bay of Maputo, MOZAMBIQUE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1966
📍 Off Cebu, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1965
📍 New Britain, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1965
📍 Mocambo, Veracruz, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1965
📍 American Shoals off Key West, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1965
📍 Mocambo, Veracruz, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1964
📍 Buka Island, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1964
📍 Lady Julia Percy Island, Victoria , AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1963
📍 Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1963
📍 Catfish Rock, between Salt Rock & Shaka’s Rock, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1963
📍 Charteris Bay, Lyttleton Harbour, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1963
📍 FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1962
📍 Villa del Mar Beach, Veracruz, Veracruz, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1962
📍 Lennox Head, Ballina, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1962
📍 Farallon Islands, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1962
📍 Aigua Blava, Catalonia, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1961
📍 Manila Bay, Western Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1961
📍 Praia Sepulveda, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961
📍 Near entrance to Dar-es-Salaam Harbour, TANZANIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961
📍 Rossun, Manus, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961
📍 Kokopo, East New Britain Province, NEW BRITAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1960
📍 Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1960
📍 Taupota, Samarai , Milne Bay Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1960
📍 Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1958
📍 Acapulco, Guerrrero, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1957
📍 Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1957
📍 Karridene, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1957
📍 Kieta, Bougainville (North Solomons), SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1956
📍 Yule Island, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1955
📍 Low Island, Manus, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1955
📍 Lou Island, south of Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1954
📍 Near Madang Town, Madang Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1954
📍 Naghir Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1953
📍 Juno Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1953
📍 60 miles offshore, Gulf of Panama, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1953
📍 near Ahvaz, 275 km from the sea, Karun River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1953
📍 near Ahvaz, 275 km from the sea, Karun River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1951
📍 Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1951
📍 Salerno, Salerno Province, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1951
📍 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1951
📍 MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1951
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1950
📍 Burleigh Heads, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1950
📍 300 yards west of mouth of the Chagres River, Canal Zone, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Broome, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Cosenza, Calabria, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Sohano Island, Buka Passage, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Abadan, Shat-Al-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1947
📍 Rocket Hut Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1947
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Chennai, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, 275 km from the sea, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1945
📍 JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1944
📍 Lake Nicaragua (fresh water), NICARAGUA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 River Tigris, IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Trinity Beach, 17 km northwast of Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1941
📍 Off Libya, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 750 miles off the African coast, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Gaire Village, between Rigo & Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1940
📍 Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1939
📍 Near Mabuiag Island, Torres Strait , AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1939
📍 SRI LANKA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1938
📍 Ashar Canal, where people wash clothes & kitchen pans, Basrah City, IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1938
📍 Liverpool River, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1938
📍 Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1936
📍 Arlington Reef near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1934
📍 George’s River at Kentucky, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1934
📍 Queenscliff, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1933
📍 Off Bloomfield River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1933
📍 Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1932
📍 Navua, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1932
📍 Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1931
📍 Yeppoon, near Ross Creek, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1929
📍 Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1929
📍 Bribie Passage, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1928
📍 Barrow Point, 100 miles north of Cooktown, Queensland, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1928
📍 Tugela River Mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1927
📍 Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, , South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1925
📍 Condado Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1924
📍 Savo Island, Central Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Bronte, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1923
📍 Near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1920
📍 200 miles from MacKay, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1919
📍 Near Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1918
📍 Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1917
📍 Nanakuli, Oah’u, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1916
📍 Panama Canal, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1916
📍 Atlantic, near New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1916
📍 off Grand Lake, Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1916
📍 Olongapo Harbor, Subic Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1915
📍 Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1915
📍 Cabbage Tree Creek, Sandgate, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1915
📍 Manly, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1914
📍 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1913
📍 Sandgate Jetty, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1913
📍 West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1913
📍 Apia Harbor, Upolu Island, SAMOA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1913
📍 Brighton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1912
📍 Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1912
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1910
📍 Georges Bank, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1909
📍 16 miles north of Fort Pierce Inlet, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1907
📍 Sharp Peak, Sai Kung Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1907
📍 Kalepolepo, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1907
📍 Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1907
📍 Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1906
📍 Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1906
📍 Lorok Bay, Java, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1906
📍 Aden, YEMEN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1906
📍 Western Port Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1905
📍 Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1905
📍 Lismore, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1902
📍 Near Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1900
📍 Inter-Island Dry Dock at Kakaako Street, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1900
📍 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1898
📍 Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1896
📍 SRI LANKA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1896
📍 Off Cape Haitien, HAITI
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1895
📍 Unknown Location
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Rewa River, Vita Levu, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1893
📍 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1891
📍 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1890
📍 Fiume, CROATIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 PERSIAN GULF
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 Apia Harbour, Upolu Island, SAMOA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1888
📍 Between Perth & Colombo, INDIAN OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Oamaru, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Somewhere between Philadelphia and Hiogo, Japan, OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Dunedin , South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1886
📍 South Jetty, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1886
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1885
📍 Kau District, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1883
📍 the pearling beds, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1883
📍 Bull’s Bay, near Charleston, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 New Brighton, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Ganges River, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Hoogly River, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1879
📍 Totoya , Lau Group, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1877
📍 Peacock Point, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1877
📍 Na Koro Vatu, Rewa River, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1877
📍 Off Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1877
📍 Near Calcutta, Hoogly River, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1876
📍 Between De Grey River and Port Walcott, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1875
📍 Clarence Heads, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1874
📍 Darling Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1873
📍 Chester River, Maryland, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1873
📍 Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1871
📍 Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1871
📍 Trincomalee, Eastern Province, SRI LANKA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1870
📍 Smithville (now Southport), Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1864
📍 Mahattan, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1863
📍 Palama, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1862
📍 Soldier's Point, Brick Bay, Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1862
📍 Durban Harbor, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1861
📍 Wynyard Wharf, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1860
📍 Brooklyn, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1856
📍 Point Henry, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1853
📍 Corfu , GREECE
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1851
📍 San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1848
📍 Patapsco River, Maryland, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1847
📍 Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1847
📍 South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1847
📍 Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1846
📍 Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1845
📍 ENGLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1840
📍 Rewa , Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1832
📍 South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1829
📍 Western Area, SIERRA LEONE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1828
📍 River Sierra Leone, 35 miles upriver from Freetown, Western Area, SIERRA LEONE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1827
📍 Tombo Island in the Sierra Leone River, Western Area , SIERRA LEONE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1826
📍 Paraiba, Paraiba, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1825
📍 South Bruny Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1749
📍 Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1703
📍 Carlisle Bay, Southwest coast, BARBADOS
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1700
📍 Antibes, Côte d'Azur , FRANCE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1595
📍 River Cochin, Kerala, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1518
📍 Cozumel, Yucatan, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1500
📍 MEXICO