Home > Years > 1942 1942 Shark attacks in 1942. Browse 41 documented incidents. 41 Total Incidents 16 Fatal Attacks All Incidents 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942 📍 Off Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS 🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1942 📍 Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1942 📍 50 km off St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Battle of Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS 🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1942 📍 Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, INDIAN OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1942 📍 Clifton, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Off Savo Island, SOLOMON ISLANDS 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942 📍 Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1942 📍 Off South American coast 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Between Hawaii and U.S.A., PACIFIC OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Cape Esperance (near Savo Islands), Makora-Ulawa Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 04.05N-13.23W, ATLANTIC OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942 📍 360 miles north of Ascension Island, ATLANTIC OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942 📍 Trinity Beach, 17 km northwast of Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942 📍 Southwestern Pacific Base, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942 📍 North of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands while enroute to Vanuatu, SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 SOLOMON ISLANDS 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942 📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Savona, Liguria, ITALY 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942 📍 BAY OF BENGAL 🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942 📍 BRAZIL 🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942 📍 300 miles east of St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) 🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1942 📍 Great Barrier Reef, off Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Midway Atoll, USA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942 📍 30 nm southeast of Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Province, CUBA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Fairy Bower, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1942 📍 Fairy Bower, near North Steyne, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1942 📍 300 nm from shore, West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), INDIAN OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1942 📍 Off Big Friar Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 George’s River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Surabaya, East Java, INDONESIA 🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1942 📍 Egg Rock, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Simon’s Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942 📍 Anchored off the largest island in the group, Cay Sal Bank, BAHAMAS 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Simon's Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Unknown Location 🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942 📍 (Southwestern Pacific), MID-PACIFC OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1942 📍 2 kilometres off Sagay, Camiguin Island, PHILIPPINES 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942 📍 Unknown Location 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942 📍 SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1942 📍 Bella Vista Beach, Panama City, PANAMA