Home > Years > 1972 1972 Shark attacks in 1972. Browse 36 documented incidents. 36 Total Incidents 8 Fatal Attacks All Incidents 🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1972 📍 Revolcadero Beach, Acapulco, Guerrero, MEXICO 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1972 📍 Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Currumbin Rock, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Millers Point, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Marineland, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1972 📍 Stevens Reef, 70 miles from Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1972 📍 Basse Vallée, Saint-Philippe, REUNION 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Hartenbos, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1972 📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972 📍 St. Croix, Cane Bay, US Virgin Islands, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1972 📍 Wanganui, North Island, NEW ZEALAND 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1972 📍 Tabourie Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1972 📍 Inhaca Island, Maputo Province, MOZAMBIQUE 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1972 📍 Crescent Beach, St. Johns County, Florida, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1972 📍 Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Pancake Creek, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1972 📍 Waimanu, Honoka'a, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Tasman Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Point Sur, Monterey County, California, USA 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1972 📍 Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Pancake Creek, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Wellington Point, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Bird Rock, near Tomales Point, Marin County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1972 📍 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Ahé Atoll, Tuamotus, FRENCH POLYNESIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1972 📍 PACIFIC OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1972 📍 Waihe'e, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Elliot's Cove, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1972 📍 Wilson's Promontory, Waratah Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1972 📍 St. George’s Strand, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Nu’ulua, Upolu Island, WESTERN SAMOA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1972 📍 Ponto do Ouro, Maputo Province, MOZAMBIQUE 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1972 📍 Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Antibes, FRANCE 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Xai Xai, Gaza, MOZAMBIQUE 🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 1972 📍 Illeginni Atoll, MARSHALL ISLANDS