1955 Shark attacks

47 attacks recorded (12 fatal)
1955 shark attacks
Date Country Region Location Fatal?  
Dec 31st 1955 Australia Torres Strait N
Dec 31st 1955 Sri Lanka Eastern Province Heda Oya Estuary N
Dec 31st 1955 Sri Lanka Southern Province Dodanduwa N
Dec 31st 1955 USA Hawaii Waikiki, O'ahu N
Jul 1st 1955 Papua New Guinea New Ireland Lavongai N
Nov 30th -0001 Colombia Isles del Rosario Southwest of Cartegena N
Jul 1st 1955 USA Illinois Chicago (Lake Michigan) N
Jul 1st 1955 Cuba Habana Province Cojimar N
Jul 1st 1955 Madagascar 18S / 50E Y
Jul 1st 1955 USA Florida Vero Beach, Indian River County N
Jan 15th 1955 South Africa KZN A ford known as Brodies Coffin in St. Lucia Bay Y
Jan 18th 1955 Australia New South Wales Wyargine Point, Edwards Beach, Balmoral Beach, Sydney Y
Feb 1st 1955 Australia New South Wales Coff N
Feb 1st 1955 Australia New South Wales Parramatta River N
Feb 4th 1955 India Tamil Nadu Vanagiri, Madras (Chennai), Bay of Bengal N
Feb 5th 1955 Australia New South Wales Sugarloaf Bay, Middle Harbor, Sydney Y
Feb 6th 1955 USA California Pacific Grove, Monterey County N
Feb 10th 1955 USA California Trinidad Bay, Humboldt County N
Mar 1st 1955 Australia Western Australia Woodman N
Mar 1st 1955 Papua New Guinea New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago Kabiman, West coast N
Mar 1st 1955 Australia New South Wales Sydney N
Mar 9th 1955 Australia New South Wales Wamberal Y
Apr 1st 1955 USA Hawaii Hilo, Hawai'i N
Apr 12th 1955 Papua New Guinea Abau N
Apr 13th 1955 Papua New Guinea Central Province Hadrian N
May 1st 1955 Papua New Guinea Admiralty Islands, Manus Province Lou Island, south of Manus Island N
May 8th 1955 USA California Malibu, Los Angeles County N
Jul 7th 1955 Yemen Aden Telegraph Bay Y
Jul 15th 1955 Montenegro Adriatic Sea Budva Y
Jun 23rd 1955 USA Rhode Island Occupasstuxet (Patuxent) Cove N
Jul 25th 1955 Japan Okayama Prefecture Usimado-no-Seto Y
Aug 1st 1955 Australia South Australia Port Augusta N
Aug 1st 1955 North Atlantic Ocean Open sea N
Aug 4th 1955 USA South Carolina Windy Hill Beach N
Aug 8th 1955 American Samoa Tutila Island Pago Pago Bay Y
Aug 26th 1955 Croatia Kvarner Opatija Y
Aug 30th 1955 USA California Zuma Beach, Santa Monica N
Aug 30th 1955 Japan Tokyo Mikura-jima Island, 150 miles south of Tokyo Y
Sep 3rd 1955 USA California Venice Beach, Los Angeles County N
Sep 4th 1955 USA California Venice Beach, Los Angeles County N
Sep 20th 1955 USA Hawaii East Moloka'i N
Sep 23rd 1955 Pacific Ocean - North 1000 miles west of Hawaii Between Wake & Johnston Islands N
Sep 23rd 1955 Pacific Ocean - North 1000 miles west of Hawaii Between Wake & Johnston Islands Y
Oct 16th 1955 Australia Queensland Tully, North Queensland N
Nov 1st 1955 Papua New Guinea Admiralty Islands, Manus Province Low Island, Manus N
Nov 16th 1955 Papua New Guinea Central Province Kalautu Village, Baibara at the mouth of Oibada River N
Dec 11th 1955 USA Florida N

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