2000 Shark attacks

94 attacks recorded (16 fatal)
2000 shark attacks
Date Country Region Location Fatal?  
Jan 5th 2000 Thailand Southern Thailand Phangnga Island Y
Feb 1st 2000 Australia South Australia Point Sinclair, Cactus Beach near Penong N
Feb 3rd 2000 New Zealand South Island Oreti Beach N
Feb 14th 2000 England Worcestershire The Fountain Pub in Tenbury Wells N
Feb 19th 2000 South Africa Western Cape Province Struis Bay N
Feb 21st 2000 USA Florida Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County N
Mar 1st 2000 USA Louisiana Midnight Lump (38 miles offshore) N
Mar 2nd 2000 Australia New South Wales Taronga Wharf, Athol Bay, Sydney Harbor N
Mar 3rd 2000 New Zealand North Island Between the Kakanui River and Campbell's Bay N
Mar 9th 2000 Australia New South Wales Parramatta River N
Mar 10th 2000 Australia New South Wales Parramatta River N
Mar 14th 2000 Australia New South Wales McMasters Beach, Central Coast N
Mar 15th 2000 New Caledonia North Province Poum Y
Mar 24th 2000 USA Florida Floridana Beach, Brevard County N
Mar 26th 2000 USA Florida Juno Beach, Palm Beach County N
Mar 30th 2000 Australia Queensland Main Beach, Gold Coast N
Mar 31st 2000 USA Florida Santa Rosa Sound Escambia County N
Apr 9th 2000 USA Florida Municipal Beach, Riviera Beach, Palm Beach County N
Apr 14th 2000 USA Florida On the south side of Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
May 7th 2000 Papua New Guinea Madang Province Long Island near Madang, about 500 km (310 miles) north of the South Pacific nation's capital of Port Moresby Y
May 7th 2000 Papua New Guinea Madang Province Long Island near Madang, about 500 km (310 miles) north of the South Pacific nation's capital of Port Moresby N
May 9th 2000 Australia Victoria Koonya Beach, Melbourne N
May 13th 2000 New Caledonia South Province Mont Dore N
Jun 2nd 2000 USA Florida 27th Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jun 9th 2000 USA Alabama Gulf Shores, Baldwin County N
Jun 9th 2000 USA Alabama Gulf Shores, Baldwin County N
Jun 10th 2000 USA Texas J.P. Luby Surf Park, Corpus Christi N
Jun 13th 2000 USA Florida Pensacola Bay N
Jun 19th 2000 USA Florida Seminole Avenue, Ormond Beach, Volusia County N
Jun 29th 2000 New Zealand North Island Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty N
Jun 30th 2000 Papua New Guinea Madang Province Long Island near Madang, about 500 km (310 miles) north of the South Pacific nation's capital of Port Moresby Y
Jul 1st 2000 USA Florida Boca Grande, Lee County N
Jul 1st 2000 Tanzania Coco Beach, Dar-es-Salaam Y
Jul 2nd 2000 USA Florida Smyrna Dunes Park, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 2nd 2000 USA Florida Smyrna Dunes Park, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 4th 2000 USA Florida Artifical reef 3 miles off Manatee Beach, Manatee County N
Jul 4th 2000 USA Florida Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 6th 2000 USA North Carolina Pine Island, Corolla, Currituck County N
Jul 7th 2000 USA Texas Mustang Island, Corpus Christi N
Jul 9th 2000 USA Florida Neptune Avenue, Ormond Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 10th 2000 USA Florida Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 12th 2000 Tonga Minerva Reef Treated at Nuku-alofa N
Jul 15th 2000 South Africa KZN South of Durban N
Jul 15th 2000 South Africa Eastern Cape Province Cape Recife N
Jul 16th 2000 South Africa Eastern Cape Province Nahoon, East London N
Jul 16th 2000 USA North Carolina Holden Beach, Brunswick County N
Jul 17th 2000 USA North Carolina Oceanic Pier, Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County N
Jul 22nd 2000 USA Florida Big Pine Key, Monroe County N
Jul 25th 2000 USA Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 1st 2000 Tanzania Coco Beach, Dar-es-Salaam Y
Aug 10th 2000 USA Florida Florida Keys N
Aug 11th 2000 USA North Carolina Emerald Isle, Carteret County Y
Aug 12th 2000 USA Florida St. Augustine, St. Johns County N
Aug 13th 2000 USA Florida South Jacksonville Beach, Duval County N
Aug 15th 2000 USA Hawaii Kanaha Beach, Maui N
Aug 21st 2000 USA North Carolina Bouges Bank, Emerald Isle, Carteret County N
Aug 27th 2000 USA Alaska Prince William Sound N
Aug 30th 2000 USA Florida Boca Ciega Bay, Tampa, Pinellas County Y
Aug 31st 2000 USA Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 8th 2000 Reunion St Pierre Pic du Diable N
Sep 8th 2000 USA Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 8th 2000 Tanzania Coco Beach, Dar-es-Salaam (Reported as the 5th fatality in 3 months at Coco Beach) Y
Sep 10th 2000 South Africa Western Cape Province Dyer Island N
Sep 10th 2000 USA Florida Vero Beach, Indian River County N
Sep 11th 2000 USA Florida Daytona Beach Shores, Volusia County N
Sep 12th 2000 USA Florida Sebastian Inlet, Indian River or Brevard County N
Sep 15th 2000 USA Florida Fort Pierce Inlet, St Lucie County N
Sep 16th 2000 USA South Carolina Isle of Palms, Charleston County Y
Sep 16th 2000 Okinawa Miyako Island Sunayama Beach Y
Sep 19th 2000 Australia New South Wales Wollongong N
Sep 24th 2000 Australia South Australia Cactus Beach near Penong Y
Sep 25th 2000 Australia South Australia Black Point, Eyre Peninsula Y
Sep 29th 2000 USA California Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County N
Oct 2nd 2000 USA North Carolina Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County N
Oct 6th 2000 USA Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Oct 6th 2000 USA Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Oct 9th 2000 USA Florida Lake Worth Inlet/West Palm Beach N
Oct 14th 2000 USA Florida South Beach, Sebastian, Indian River County N
Oct 18th 2000 USA Hawaii Olowalu N
Oct 20th 2000 USA Florida Fort Pierce Inlet State Park,St Lucie County N
Oct 29th 2000 Australia Queensland Peel Island N
Nov 4th 2000 USA California 1/4 to 1/2 m north of the jetty at Bunkers, Eureka, Humboldt County N
Nov 6th 2000 Australia Western Australia Cottesloe Beach, Perth Y
Nov 6th 2000 Australia Western Australia Cottesloe Beach, Perth N
Nov 10th 2000 USA Florida Vaughn Beach, Flagler County N
Nov 17th 2000 USA Florida Bonita Springs, Lee County N
Nov 21st 2000 Australia Queensland Orpheus Island N
Nov 21st 2000 Australia South Australia Ceduna N
Dec 1st 2000 New Zealand Cook Islands Arorangi, Rarotonga Y
Dec 3rd 2000 Australia Queensland Sykes Reef, Great Barrier Reef N
Dec 5th 2000 Canada New Brunswick Bay of Fundy N
Dec 11th 2000 Australia South Australia 3 km off Port Victoria, Yorke Peninsula N
Dec 12th 2000 Fiji Taveuni Garden Island Resort Y
Dec 24th 2000 Australia Queensland Flinders Cay N

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