1961 Shark attacks

76 attacks recorded (10 fatal)
1961 shark attacks
Date Country Region Location Fatal?  
Jan 1st 1961 Colombia Roncador Bank, 135 nm north of San Andres Roncador Bank N
Jan 3rd 1961 South Africa KZN Palm Beach N
Jan 3rd 1961 South Africa Western Cape Province Strandfontein N
Jan 5th 1961 Mozambique Limpopo River 190 km to 240 km from the sea N
Jan 6th 1961 Australia Northern Territory Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin N
Jan 6th 1961 Atlantic Ocean 9.35N 79.35W East of La Grande Island, North of Panama Canal N
Jan 6th 1961 South Africa KZN Winkelspruit N
Jan 15th 1961 Australia New South Wales Cook Island N
Jan 22nd 1961 South Africa KZN Amanzimtoti N
Jan 25th 1961 South Africa Frikkies Bay N
Feb 1st 1961 USA California Topanga Canyon Beach, Santa Monica Bay N
Feb 1st 1961 Australia Western Australia Carnac Island N
Feb 1st 1961 South Africa Eastern Cape Province Nahoon Y
Feb 12th 1961 South Africa Western Cape Province Sea Point N
Feb 16th 1961 Jamaica Y
Feb 17th 1961 Australia Victoria Mount Martha Beach N
Feb 17th 1961 USA Pennsylvania Fairmount Park Aquarium, Philadelphia N
Mar 1st 1961 Fiji 19S, 178?E Wotua Beach, 70 miles from Suva N
Mar 7th 1961 South Africa KZN St. Lucia N
Mar 9th 1961 Northern Pacific Ocean Wake Island (EnenKio) Leeward side of island, directly in back of Mid-Pac barrel storage area N
Mar 12th 1961 Australia South Australia Aldinga Beach N
Mar 14th 1961 Australia Western Australia Shark Bay N
Mar 18th 1961 Australia Victoria Lady Beach at Warrnambool N
Mar 30th 1961 Australia South Australia Glenelg Breakwater N
Apr 1st 1961 Australia Western Australia Rottnest Island N
Apr 3rd 1961 Australia Victoria Flinders Island N
Apr 8th 1961 United Arab Emirates Persian Gulf Dubai N
Apr 9th 1961 Mozambique Gaza Xai Xai Y
Apr 14th 1961 Australia New South Wales 10 miles off Nambucca Heads onboard trawler N
Apr 16th 1961 Australia New South Wales Otford N
Apr 16th 1961 USA Florida Fowey Rock Light, Miami N
Apr 17th 1961 South Africa Eastern Cape Province Port Elizabeth Oceanarium N
Apr 21st 1961 Mozambique Gaza Sepulveda Beach, Xai Xai N
Apr 25th 1961 Australia New South Wales Trial Bay, north of Kempsey N
Apr 30th 1961 USA Florida Palm Beach County N
May 7th 1961 Australia Western Australia Quinn N
May 15th 1961 USA Florida Laguna Beach, Bay County N
May 17th 1961 New Britain East New Britain Province Kokopo N
May 21st 1961 USA California Tomales Point, Marin County N
Jun 1st 1961 Papua New Guinea Admiralty Islands, Manus Province Rossun, Manus N
Jun 2nd 1961 New Britain East New Britain Province Rabaul N
Jun 6th 1961 USA Florida Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County N
Jun 18th 1961 USA Florida Jensen Beach, Martin County N
Jun 24th 1961 USA Florida 500 yards from Fowey Rock Light, 9 miles east of Key Biscayne, Miami Y
Jul 1st 1961 USA Hawaii Maui N
Jul 1st 1961 Senegal Cap Vert Peninsula Thiaroye Guedi Y
Jul 1st 1961 New Caledonia N
Jul 1st 1961 Australia New South Wales South coast N
Jul 1st 1961 Panama Jarque, just south of Pinas Bay Y
Jul 7th 1961 Italy Adriatic Sea Riccione N
Jul 7th 1961 Australia Queensland Cape Moreton N
Jul 29th 1961 USA New York Whitewood Point on Lloyd Neck in Oyster Bay N
Aug 1st 1961 Papua New Guinea Vanimo on Musu side of Wutong anchorage N
Aug 2nd 1961 USA Hawaii Pearl Harbor Channel, O'ahu N
Aug 4th 1961 Bermuda 6 miles from shore N
Aug 16th 1961 USA South Carolina Pawley N
Aug 20th 1961 USA California Portuguese Beach at mouth of Salmon Creek, Sonoma County N
Sep 6th 1961 Australia Western Australia Broome N
Sep 7th 1961 Iran 25 km off the coast of Iran & 483km from mouth of Persian Gulf Khark Island N
Sep 23rd 1961 Mid Atlantic Ocean 165 miles from Bermuda N
Sep 24th 1961 Tanzania Near entrance to Dar-Es-Salaam Harbour N
Sep 24th 1961 Croatia Adriatic Sea Opatija, northwestern coast of Rijeka Bay Y
Sep 26th 1961 USA Florida Florida Keys N
Oct 1st 1961 USA Florida Boca Raton, Palm Beach County Y
Oct 1st 1961 Vanuatu Lelepa Island N
Oct 9th 1961 USA Florida Ocean Ridge, Boca Raton N
Oct 17th 1961 Philippines Western Luzon Island Manila Bay N
Nov 14th 1961 Mexico Guerrero Northwest of Acapulco N
Dec 13th 1961 Australia Torres Strait Horn Island, near Thursday Island N
Dec 18th 1961 Australia Queensland Noosa Heads Y
Dec 18th 1961 Mozambique Gaza Praia Sepulveda N
Dec 19th 1961 Australia South Australia Cowell N
Dec 27th 1961 Australia Western Australia North of main swimming area in Waterman's Bay Beach, Perth N
Dec 28th 1961 South Africa KZN Umhlanga Rocks N
Dec 28th 1961 Australia Queensland Lambert N
Dec 28th 1961 Australia Queensland Lambert's Beach, Mackay Y

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