Home > Years > 1948 1948 Shark attacks in 1948. Browse 29 documented incidents. 29 Total Incidents 11 Fatal Attacks All Incidents 🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1948 📍 Lancelin Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948 📍 Rib Reef off Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1948 📍 Saibai Island, 80 miles north of Cape York, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1948 📍 Abadan, Shat-Al-Arab River, IRAN 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948 📍 King’s Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948 📍 500 nautical miles southwest of Johnston Island, Between Kwajalein Atoll & Johnston Island, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1948 📍 10 miles off Cape Maisi, Guantanamo Province, CUBA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948 📍 Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1948 📍 Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1948 📍 Keratsini , Attica, GREECE 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1948 📍 Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948 📍 Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948 📍 Bound from New York to London in ballast, MID ATLANTIC OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1948 📍 St. John, Genti Bay, US Virgin Islands, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 1948 📍 Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini Islands, BAHAMAS 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1948 📍 Saipan, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948 📍 Bandar Ma’shur sea inlet, IRAN 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948 📍 Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN 🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1948 📍 Gansbaai, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1948 📍 Between Joal & Sangomar near Dakar, Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1948 📍 Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948 📍 Gulf of Mexico between Brownsville & Carmen, Mexico, Texas, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1948 📍 Mona Vale, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Grey/Gray Shark Attack - 1948 📍 Punam Passage, Rataman census div, Namatanai, New Ireland Province, Bismarck Archipelago, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1948 📍 Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948 📍 Finschafen , Morobe Province, NEW GUINEA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948 📍 Mombasa, Coast Province, KENYA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948 📍 Tung Island, off the west coast of Buka Island, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948 📍 False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA