Home > Years > 1980 1980 Shark attacks in 1980. Browse 36 documented incidents. 36 Total Incidents 6 Fatal Attacks All Incidents 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1980 📍 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1980 📍 Mnini, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1980 📍 Piedade, Pernambuco, BRAZIL 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Petite-Ile, Grand'Anse, REUNION 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1980 📍 Lancelin, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1980 📍 Nahoon, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Off Umpqua River, Oregon, USA 🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1980 📍 MEXICO 🟡 Non-fatal Sand Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Moonstone Beach, Humboldt County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Puamana, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1980 📍 San Juan de la Rambla, Tenerife, Canary Islands, SPAIN 🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1980 📍 Ocean Isle, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1980 📍 Dewey Beach, Delaware, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1980 📍 Emerald Isle Pier (near Morehead City), Carteret County, North Carolina, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1980 📍 Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1980 📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA 🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1980 📍 Maestre de Campo Island, 120 miles south of Manila, Romblon Province, PHILIPPINES 🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Off San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1980 📍 Fuller’s Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1980 📍 Priestman's River area, East Portland, St. Mary's Parish, JAMAICA 🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, MEXICO 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1980 📍 Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL 🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Umdhloti, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1980 📍 250 miles southwest of Manila, PHILIPPINES 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1980 📍 South of Lamu Island, Lamu Archipelago, KENYA 🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Velddrif, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1980 📍 Anstey’s, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Punta Negra, Pichidangui, Los Vilos, CHILE 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1980 📍 King’s Beach, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1980 📍 Onboard swordfish trawler, NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Sardinia Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1980 📍 Ha'ano Island, Ha'api, TONGA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1980 📍 Bonza Bay, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA 🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1980 📍 Island of Kos, GREECE