Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Asia

Shark attacks in Asia. Browse 213 documented incidents.

213

Total Incidents

98

Fatal Attacks

181

Different Locations

Locations

Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM

8 incidents

PHILIPPINES

5 incidents

Balian, Bali, INDONESIA

4 incidents

JAPAN

3 incidents

Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN

3 incidents

Fort Mills, Manila, PHILIPPINES

3 incidents

INDIA

3 incidents

Balian Beach, Bali, INDONESIA

2 incidents

Sai Noi Beach, Hua Hin, THAILAND

2 incidents

VIETNAM

2 incidents

All Incidents

🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 2025
📍 Verde Island, Batangas Resort, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2024
📍 Khao Lak Beach, Phang Nga Province, THAILAND
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Pulau Reong Island, Timor Leste, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Vaitarna River, Palghar District, Maharashtra, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2023
📍 Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte, Luzon Island, Bolinao, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2022
📍 Nago, Okinawa, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2022
📍 Balian Beach, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2022
📍 Kamala Beach, Phuket, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2021
📍 Kung Krabaenbay Royal Département Study Center , Chanthaburi Province, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Chebilang pier , Muang district of Satun province, , THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2020
📍 Nang Thong Beach, Phang Nga Province, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Laohutan Ocean Park Aquarium, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2018
📍 Shopping mall aquarium in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2018
📍 Sai Noi Beach, Hua Hin, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Sai Noi Beach, Hua Hin, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Bagan Lalang Beach, Sepang, MALAYSIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2017
📍 Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2017
📍 Villamar, Caoayan, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Balian Beach, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Hong Kong, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Irino Beach, Kochi Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Balian, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2015
📍 Karon Beach, Phuket, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2014
📍 JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2014
📍 Aichi, Atsumi peninsula, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2014
📍 Off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2013
📍 Off Likas Island, Palawan, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2011
📍 Tabanan, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2011
📍 PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Palau Payar, Kedah, MALAYSIA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Balian, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2010
📍 Balian, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2010
📍 Balian, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2010
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2010
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2010
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2010
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2010
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2010
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2009
📍 VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2009
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2009
📍 Quy Nhon , Binh Dinh Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009
📍 VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2009
📍 Mabini, Batangas province, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Pulau Payar Island, Strait of Malacca, MALAYSIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2008
📍 Luzon Strait, Batanes Provine, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 2008
📍 off Paoay, Ilocos Norte Province, Luzon, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2008
📍 Tokyo Bay, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 2007
📍 Off Cagayancillo, Palawan, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 2006
📍 Off Bilisan Point, Hinatuarn Island, Surigao del Norte, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 2005
📍 On deck of fishing trawler 100 nautical miles offshore, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2005
📍 Ocean World, Changfeng Park, Shanghai, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2004
📍 Susami, Wakayama Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Mahabalipuram beach, 37 km south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Limay, Baatan, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2002
📍 Shark caught in Indonesia, offloaded to trawler that docked at Samut Prakan, 20 miles south of Bangkok, Thailand, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2001
📍 Laem Mae Pim Beach, Rayong Province, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2001
📍 Zamboanga del Sur Province, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2001
📍 Pulau Pangkor (Pangkor Island), Off the western coast of peninsular Malaysia, MALAYSIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 2000
📍 Phang nga Island, Phang nga Province, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1998
📍 460 miles off Iwakuni, Southern Japan, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1995
📍 Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1994
📍 Tatsugo-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1993
📍 Iyo, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992
📍 1.5 km north of Igata-cho, 60 km south of Matsyama, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1992
📍 Nagahama-cho, 40 km southwest of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992
📍 Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1992
📍 Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1992
📍 Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1992
📍 Kanazawa?, Sea of Japan, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1989
📍 Sea of Japan, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1988
📍 Viscayan Sea, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1988
📍 Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1987
📍 Off Manila, Mindoro, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1984
📍 Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1983
📍 Central Philippines, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1982
📍 Ariake Bay, Kumamoto Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1980
📍 Maestre de Campo Island, 120 miles south of Manila, Romblon Province, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1980
📍 250 miles southwest of Manila, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1979
📍 SOUTH CHINA SEA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1979
📍 Southern Thailand, THAILAND
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1973
📍 Luzon, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1970
📍 200 nm southeast of Manila, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1968
📍 Moro Gulf, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1968
📍 Pulau Aur, Johor, MALAYSIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1967
📍 Off Sibuyan Island, Rombion Province, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1967
📍 Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1966
📍 THAILAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1966
📍 Off Cebu, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1966
📍 Near Belawan, North Sumatra, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1965
📍 Grounded off Scarborough Shoals, 150 miles northwest of Manila in the South China Sea, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1964
📍 Saidaiji, Okayama Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1963
📍 100 miles southeast of Manila, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1962
📍 Waewerang, East Flores, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1961
📍 Manila Bay, Western Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1960
📍 Enroute from Suez to Aden (Yemen), RED SEA / INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1960
📍 Corregidor Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1960
📍 Bataan, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Balud, Masbate, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1959
📍 Luang Dulag, Leyte Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Cabuli Island, North Palawan, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Machhagan, Orissa, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Okushiri Island, Hiyama Subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1959
📍 Between Unisan & Angadanan Islands, Queaon, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1959
📍 Isonoura Beach, Wakayama City , Wakayama Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1959
📍 Ushimado, Okayama Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1959
📍 Mouth of Langoyan River, Davao City, Mindanao, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959
📍 Mouth of Devi River at Machgaon, Orissa, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1958
📍 Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1955
📍 Mikura-jima Island, 150 miles south of Tokyo, Izo Islands, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1955
📍 Usimado-no-Seto, Okayama Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1955
📍 Vanagiri, Madras (Chennai), Bay of Bengal, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1954
📍 Oomura Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1953
📍 Bohol, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1953
📍 Between Straits of Malacca and Sri Lanka, INDIAN OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1952
📍 Off Trivandrum (west coast), INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1951
📍 PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1950
📍 Ariakeno Bay, Sago Prefecture, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1950
📍 On rock near Yacht Club, Jakarta Harbour, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1949
📍 Between Tientsin & Hong Kong, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Chennai, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1945
📍 Ryukyu, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1945
📍 200 miles Leyte, In transit between Tinian and Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 USS Hull DD-350 was one of 3 destroyers that capsized in Typhoon Cobra, 300 miles east of Luzon, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Off Cape Engano, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 Off Samar Island in the Gulf of Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 Bernardino Strait near Gulf of Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Triplicane Beach, Chennai, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1943
📍 INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, INDIAN OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1942
📍 300 nm from shore, West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Surabaya, East Java, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1942
📍 2 kilometres off Sagay, Camiguin Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1939
📍 Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1938
📍 Outer harbor, Hong Kong, North China, CHINA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1938
📍 Hooghley River near Budge-Budge, West Bengal, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1936
📍 Saigon, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1934
📍 PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1932
📍 Fort Mills, Manila, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1932
📍 Fort Mills, Manila, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1932
📍 Fort Mills, Manila, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1927
📍 Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1923
📍 Fort Drum, Manila Bay, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1921
📍 Cavite Province, Luzon, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1921
📍 Fort Frank, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1920
📍 Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1917
📍 Canacao Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1916
📍 Olongapo Harbor, Subic Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1912
📍 PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1910
📍 Polinao Point, Manila, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1909
📍 Rhio Strait, 30 nm from Singapore, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1908
📍 Jakarta Harbor, Java, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1907
📍 Sharp Peak, Sai Kung Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong, CHINA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1907
📍 Sharp Peak, Sai Kung Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1907
📍 Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1907
📍 Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province, VIETNAM
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1906
📍 Lorok Bay, Java, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1906
📍 Lorok Bay, Java, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1906
📍 Aru Islands, Maluku Province, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1906
📍 40 miles from Tahane Island, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1905
📍 Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1905
📍 Off Rakit Island, Nusa Tenggara, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1904
📍 Inner Harbor, Olongapo, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1904
📍 Between Noumea & Sydney, INDIAN OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1904
📍 Tayabas, Quezon, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1902
📍 Near mouth of River Cumalarang, 5 miles from Port Isabela, Basilan Island, Zamboanga del Sur Province, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1901
📍 Port Isabela de Basilan, Zamboanga del Sur Province, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1901
📍 Island of Panay, Iliolo, Western Viscayas, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Off Lubang Island, Mindoro Occidental, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1899
📍 Escalante, Negros , PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1895
📍 JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1895
📍 South Aroo Island, Moluccas, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Madras Harbor, Bay of Bengal, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Off Manila, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1890
📍 Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1890
📍 Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1889
📍 Madras, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1888
📍 Between Perth & Colombo, INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Cutch Coast, Gujarat, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1881
📍 At Panihattu, Barrackpore, Dackhineshwar, Barahonagore, Kashipur & Chitpur down to Baug Bazar ghats, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Ganges River, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Hoogly River, West Bengal, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Panihati, 4 miles south of Barrackpore on the Hoogly River, West Bengal, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1880
📍 (Calcutta?), West Bengal, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1879
📍 Port Blair, Andaman Islands, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1878
📍 Probolinggo, East Java, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1878
📍 Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1877
📍 INDIAN OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1877
📍 Near Calcutta, Hoogly River, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1872
📍 INDIAN OCEAN?
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1871
📍 Hoogly River at Multah, 22ºN, 88ºE, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1870
📍 Calcutta, Hoogly River at one of the ghats, 22ºN, 88ºE, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1870
📍 Near Sobah Bazar, 22ºN, 88ºE, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1870
📍 Hoogly River, Calcutta, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1870
📍 Hatkolah, Ghat,, 22ºN, 88ºE, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1868
📍 Cohong, VIETNAM
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1868
📍 Ghat, Hoogly River, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1864
📍 Macao Harbor, CHINA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1864
📍 Off Acheen Head, Sumatra, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1862
📍 Bonin Islands, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1842
📍 Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1830
📍 St. Thomé, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1830
📍 Madras, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1817
📍 Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1808
📍 Hooghly River, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1802
📍 INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1637
📍 Hooghly River mouth, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1617
📍 Ganges Delta, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1595
📍 River Cochin, Kerala, INDIA