Home > Years > 1959 1959 Shark attacks in 1959. Browse 93 documented incidents. 93 Total Incidents 24 Fatal Attacks All Incidents 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Leichardt, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Kaparoka, Rigo subdistrict, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Altona, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Balud, Masbate, PHILIPPINES 🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1959 📍 Off Wynnum in Moreton Bay, near Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Laura Bay, South Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Scotts Point Beach , Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Moko Hinau , North Island, NEW ZEALAND 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1959 📍 Fairhaven Beach, Lorne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1959 📍 400 miles southeast of Sri Lanka, MALDIVE ISLANDS 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1959 📍 Surfer's Paradise, Northcliffe, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Swartklip, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1959 📍 North Burleigh, near Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Near Port Vincent, South Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Taludig, Madang, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Rapindik Beach, Rabaul, New Britain, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1959 📍 Levuka, Ovalau Island, Lomaiviti Province, FIJI 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 120 miles southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Xefina Island, Bay of Maputo, Maputo Province, MOZAMBIQUE 🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Near Paradise Cove, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Bodega Rock, Sonoma County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Great Astrolabe Reef, Kadavu, FIJI 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Luang Dulag, Leyte Island, PHILIPPINES 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Albergotti Creek, near Air Station boat docks, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Between False Klamath & mouth of Klamath River, Del Norte County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Off Port Everglades, Broward County, Florida, USA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Acapulco, Guerrrero, MEXICO 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Astwood's Cove, Hamilton, BERMUDA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Oak Beach, Fire Inlet, New York, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Sao Miguel, AZORES 🟡 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 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1959 📍 Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Charleston, South Carolina, USA 🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1959 📍 Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA 🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Between Unisan & Angadanan Islands, Queaon, PHILIPPINES 🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1959 📍 Savannah Beach, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Pula, Istria, CROATIA 🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1959 📍 Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA 🔴 Fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Isonoura Beach, Wakayama City , Wakayama Prefecture, JAPAN 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 In kelp beds off La Jolla, San Diego County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Alligator Head, La Jolla, San Diego County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1959 📍 LaJolla, San Diego County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1959 📍 Cala del Corvo, Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, ITALY 🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA 🔴 Fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Ushimado, Okayama Prefecture, JAPAN 🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Venice Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Off La Jolla Cove, San Diego County, California, USA 🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1959 📍 Chinchorro Banks, Quintana Roo, MEXICO 🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Mission Beach, San Diego County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Between Bimini & Miami, In the Gulf Stream , NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Off Cristobal, 200 miles northeast of the entrance to the Panama Canal, PANAMA, CARIBBEAN SEA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Off Mezitli, Mersin Province, TURKEY 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 San Pedro Nolasco Island, Guyamas, MEXICO 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Dillon Beach, Marin County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Bird Island, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Indian Rocks Beach, Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Panama City, Bay County, Florida, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Between England & South Africa, MID ATLANTIC OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 La Jolla, San Diego County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Maroubra Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Baker Beach, San Francisco County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Thirroul, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Coconut Island , 100 miles east of Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1959 📍 Mouth of Langoyan River, Davao City, Mindanao, PHILIPPINES 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Port Elizabeth , Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Hilo, off Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Vaca Cut Channel & bridge under Marathon, Monroe County, Florida, USA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Trench’s Beach, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta, VENEZUELA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Ururumba, mouth of Kikori River 7.45S, 144.40E, Kikori River mouth, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1959 📍 South Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Miami, Florida, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Crewing on the tuna clipper Mary Barbara, Galapagos Islands, ECUADOR 🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Whale Bay, King Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Safety Cove, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Uga, Banaira, Milne Bay, Milne Bay Province, NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1959 📍 Alexandra Headland near Mooloolaba, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1959 📍 Off Inhaca Island, Maputo Province, MOZAMBIQUE 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 36º17'N, 126º31'E, South Chungcheong Province, SOUTH KOREA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Mouth of Devi River at Machgaon, Orissa, INDIA 🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1959 📍 Badger Head, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Poi, Kombe Talasea, West New Britain Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Kalapiai, Kombe, West New Britain Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959 📍 Melkbaai, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1959 📍 Morobe Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1959 📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1959 📍 Enuk Island, Kavieng, New Ireland Province, Bismarck Archipelago, PAPUA NEW GUINEA