1966 Shark attacks

55 attacks recorded (11 fatal)
1966 shark attacks
Date Country Region Location Fatal?  
Jan 5th 1966 USA Florida Hollywood, Broward County N
Jan 8th 1966 New Zealand North Island Oakura Beach, Taranaki Y
Jan 9th 1966 South Africa KZN Umkomaas N
Jan 10th 1966 Australia Western Australia Woodman Point N
Jan 11th 1966 South Africa Eastern Cape Province Riet River N
Jan 14th 1966 Colombia Off Cartagena N
Jan 15th 1966 Australia New South Wales Bellambi N
Jan 22nd 1966 USA California Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, Monterey County N
Jan 25th 1966 Indonesia North Sumatra Near Belawan N
Jan 29th 1966 South Africa Western Cape Province Strandfontein Beach N
Feb 27th 1966 Australia New South Wales Coledale Beach N
Mar 14th 1966 Red Sea Y
Mar 20th 1966 Australia New South Wales Maroubra N
Apr 1st 1966 Australia New South Wales Botany Bay, Sydney N
Apr 8th 1966 USA Puerto Rico N
May 16th 1966 Philippines Off Cebu N
May 16th 1966 USA Florida Fernandina Beach, Nassau County N
May 20th 1966 Australia 7 miles offshore on east coast of Australia Y
May 20th 1966 Australia New South Wales Bellingen N
May 20th 1966 Australia New South Wales Jervis Bay Y
Jun 2nd 1966 French Polynesia Tahiti N
Jun 4th 1966 USA Texas Bolivar Peninsula N
Jun 11th 1966 USA Florida Ft. Lauderdale, Broward County N
Jun 22nd 1966 USA New Jersey Reeds Bay, Brigantine N
Jul 2nd 1966 Caribbean Sea Between USA & Cuba N
Jul 3rd 1966 USA Florida Key Biscayne, Miami, Dade County N
Jul 14th 1966 Papua New Guinea Admiralty Islands, Manus Province Manus Island Y
Jul 17th 1966 Taiwan Northern Taiwan Tamsui Beach Y
Jul 17th 1966 USA Texas Point Comfort, Calhoun County N
Jul 19th 1966 USA South Carolina Folly Beach, Charleston County N
Jul 31st 1966 USA Texas South Jetty, Galveston N
Aug 1st 1966 USA Florida Municipal Bathing area, Riviera Beach N
Aug 13th 1966 Italy Pulsano, near Taranto N
Aug 14th 1966 Taiwan Ye Leow N
Aug 16th 1966 Croatia Bakar Y
Aug 23rd 1966 New Britain Duke of York Islands Butliwan Village, 15 miles north of Rabaul Y
Aug 23rd 1966 New Britain Duke of York Islands Butliwan Village, 15 miles north of Rabaul Y
Aug 27th 1966 Bahamas Bimini N
Aug 27th 1966 South Africa KZN Durban N
Aug 28th 1966 Australia Northern Territory Darwin Harbour N
Sep 1st 1966 Bahamas Bimini Tongue of the Ocean N
Sep 8th 1966 USA Florida Florida Keys N
Sep 10th 1966 Australia Western Australia Roe Reef off Rottnest Island N
Sep 13th 1966 Australia Western Australia Albany N
Sep 18th 1966 Australia Western Australia Little Beach Reef, Bremer Bay N
Sep 19th 1966 USA Hawaii 50 miles NE of Honolulu N
Sep 27th 1966 Australia Queensland Broomfield Island, 11 miles from Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef N
Oct 19th 1966 Papua New Guinea New Ireland Province Mission Beach, Lambon Island, near Duke of York Islands Y
Oct 30th 1966 Papua New Guinea New Ireland Province Lamassa Island, 16 miles from Lambom Island Y
Nov 14th 1966 Thailand N
Dec 26th 1966 Australia New South Wales Coogee N
Dec 26th 1966 Singapore Singapore N
Dec 27th 1966 Australia New South Wales Trial Bay N
Dec 27th 1966 Australia New South Wales South West Rocks N
Dec 31st 1966 Australia Tasmania Piccaninny Point, 10 miles from Bicheno N

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