Home > Years > 1961 1961 Shark attacks in 1961. Browse 78 documented incidents. 78 Total Incidents 13 Fatal Attacks All Incidents π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA π΄ Fatal Wading Attack - 1961 π Lambert's Beach, Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Cowell, South Australia, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1961 π Lambertβs Beach, Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA π΄ Fatal Surfing Attack - 1961 π Noosa Heads, Queensland, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1961 π North of main swimming area in Waterman's Bay Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Northwest of Acapulco, Guerrrero, MEXICO π‘ Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1961 π Horn Island, near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Manila Bay, Western Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES π‘ Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1961 π Lelepa Island, Shefa Province, VANUATU π‘ Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1961 π Ocean Ridge, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Praia Sepulveda, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE π΄ Fatal Attack - 1961 π Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Near entrance to Dar-es-Salaam Harbour, TANZANIA π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π 165 miles from Bermuda, MID ATLANTIC OCEAN π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Portuguese Beach at mouth of Salmon Creek, Sonoma County, California, USA π‘ Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1961 π Khark Island, 25 km off the coast of Iran & 483km from mouth of Persian Gulf, PERSIAN GULF π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Chioggia, Venice Province, ITALY π΄ Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Opatija, northwestern coast of Rijeka Bay, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County , CROATIA π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Pawleyβs Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina, USA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Broome, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Pearl Harbor Channel, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA π‘ Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 1961 π 6 miles from shore, BERMUDA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Vanimo on Musu side of Wutong anchorage, Sandaun Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Riccione, Adriatic Sea, ITALY π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Whitewood Point on Lloyd Neck in Oyster Bay, New York, USA π΄ Fatal Diving Attack - 1961 π 500 yards from Fowey Rock Light, 9 miles east of Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Cape Moreton, Queensland, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1961 π Jensen Beach, Martin County, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Rossun, Manus, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Rabaul, East New Britain Province, NEW BRITAIN π‘ Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1961 π Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, Florida, USA π΄ Fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Jarque, just south of PiΕas Bay, PANAMA π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Tomales Point, Marin County, California, USA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Palm Beach County, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1961 π Laguna Beach, Bay County, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Kokopo, East New Britain Province, NEW BRITAIN π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Quinnβs Rocks, south of Yanchep, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1961 π Trial Bay, north of Kempsey, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1961 π Port Elizabeth Oceanarium, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA π‘ Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1961 π Sepulveda Beach, Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE π΄ Fatal Swimming Attack - 1961 π Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Glenelg Breakwater, South Australia, AUSTRALIA π΄ Fatal Attack - 1961 π Dubai, United Arab Emirates, PERSIAN GULF π‘ Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1961 π Flinders Island, Victoria, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1961 π Otford, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1961 π Fowey Rock Light, Miami, Florida, USA π‘ Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1961 π Rottnest Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π 10 miles off Nambucca Heads onboard trawler, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Shark Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Aldinga Beach, South Australia, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 1961 π Leeward side of island, directly in back of Mid-Pac barrel storage area, Wake Island (EnenKio), NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN π‘ Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1961 π Lady Beach at Warrnambool, Victoria, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Wotua Beach, 70 miles from Suva, 19S, 178?E, FIJI π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Fairmount Park Aquarium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA π‘ Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1961 π Mount Martha Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Sea Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA π΄ Fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1961 π Nahoon, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Topanga Canyon Beach, Santa Monica Bay, California, USA π‘ Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1961 π Carnac Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA π΄ Fatal Attack - 1961 π JAMAICA π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Palm Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA π‘ Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1961 π Cook Island, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π Frikkies Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA π΄ Fatal Attack - 1961 π East of La Grande Island, North of Panama Canal, 9.35N 79.35W, ATLANTIC OCEAN π‘ Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1961 π Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1961 π 190 km to 240 km from the sea, Limpopo River, MOZAMBIQUE π‘ Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1961 π Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA π‘ Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1961 π Strandfontein, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π South coast, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA π΄ Fatal Diving Attack - 1961 π Thiaroye Guedi, Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL π΄ Fatal Attack - 1961 π Maui, Hawaii, USA π‘ Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1961 π NEW CALEDONIA π‘ Non-fatal Attack - 1961 π Off Tasman Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA π‘ Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1961 π Roncador Bank, 135 nm north of San Andres, Roncador Bank, COLUMBIA