Array ( [id] => 3695 [Case] => 1995.08.07 [Date] => 07-Aug-1995 [timestamp] => 1995-08-07 [year] => 1995 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Activity] => Body boarding [Name] => Matt Sturgis [Sex] => M [Age] => 12 [Injury] => Multiple bites on right leg and knee [Fatal] => N [Time] => 14h10 [Species] => 1.2 m to 1.5 m [4' to 5'] shark [Investigator or Source] => S. Petersohn, GSAF; Orlando Sentinel, 8/9/1995, p.C.1; Miami Herald, 8/9/1995 [pdf] => 1995.08.07-MattSturgis.pdf [lat] => 29.0793 [lon] => -80.9175 [canonical] => attack-3695 [nearby] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [id] => 5311 [Date] => 18-Oct-2012 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Minor bite to ankle [Species] => [lat] => 29.0794 [lon] => -80.9178 [overall_dist] => 0.00040001220702734486 ) [1] => Array ( [id] => 3703 [Date] => 22-Aug-1995 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Bottom of left foot gashed [Species] => small shark [lat] => 29.0795 [lon] => -80.9171 [overall_dist] => 0.0006011993408243654 ) [2] => Array ( [id] => 6572 [Date] => 15-Sep-20 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Cuts to right hand and wrist [Species] => [lat] => 29.079 [lon] => -80.9182 [overall_dist] => 0.0009971588134725096 ) [3] => Array ( [id] => 3624 [Date] => 31-May-1994 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Foot lacerated [Species] => [lat] => 29.0801 [lon] => -80.9179 [overall_dist] => 0.0011991912841757824 ) [4] => Array ( [id] => 3706 [Date] => 26-Aug-1995 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => 4 puncture wounds on right pinky finger [Species] => a small shark [lat] => 29.0792 [lon] => -80.916 [overall_dist] => 0.0015988891601601551 ) [5] => Array ( [id] => 5056 [Date] => 03-Sep-2010 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County [Injury] => Lacerations to right hand [Species] => [lat] => 29.0792 [lon] => -80.916 [overall_dist] => 0.0015988891601601551 ) [6] => Array ( [id] => 4499 [Date] => 02-Sep-2005 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Right foot bitten [Species] => [lat] => 29.079 [lon] => -80.9161 [overall_dist] => 0.0016999786376992176 ) [7] => Array ( [id] => 5530 [Date] => 29-Aug-2014 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Lacerations to shin [Species] => Spinner shark or blacktip shark [lat] => 29.079 [lon] => -80.9151 [overall_dist] => 0.0026994293212929676 ) [8] => Array ( [id] => 7174 [Date] => 08-Jul-24 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce de Leon Inlet Volusia County [Injury] => Lower left leg injury [Species] => 4-5ft Blacktip shark [lat] => 29.0771 [lon] => -80.9166 [overall_dist] => 0.00311332397461328 ) [9] => Array ( [id] => 3752 [Date] => 07-May-1996 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Shark Shallows, Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Left foot & leg bitten [Species] => 60 cm to 90 cm [2' to 3'] blacktip or spinner shark [lat] => 29.0812 [lon] => -80.9191 [overall_dist] => 0.003497546386714845 ) [10] => Array ( [id] => 3697 [Date] => 10-Aug-1995 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Laceration to left heel [Species] => [lat] => 29.0811 [lon] => -80.9193 [overall_dist] => 0.003596728515621095 ) [11] => Array ( [id] => 4949 [Date] => 10-Aug-2009 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Puncture marks on left foot [Species] => [lat] => 29.082 [lon] => -80.9195 [overall_dist] => 0.004702990722652345 ) [12] => Array ( [id] => 4300 [Date] => 20-Jul-2003 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Laceration to little finger of right hand [Species] => [lat] => 29.0742 [lon] => -80.9154 [overall_dist] => 0.00720267944336328 ) [13] => Array ( [id] => 4315 [Date] => 21-Sep-2003 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Left foot bitten [Species] => [lat] => 29.0748 [lon] => -80.9138 [overall_dist] => 0.008196408081058593 ) [14] => Array ( [id] => 4314 [Date] => 19-Sep-2003 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Left heel lacerated [Species] => [lat] => 29.0742 [lon] => -80.914 [overall_dist] => 0.00859885864258203 ) [15] => Array ( [id] => 4519 [Date] => 29-Oct-2005 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Puncture wounds to foot [Species] => 2' to 3' shark [lat] => 29.0738 [lon] => -80.9141 [overall_dist] => 0.008900219726566405 ) [16] => Array ( [id] => 4697 [Date] => 29-Jul-2007 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Minor injury to shoulder [Species] => [lat] => 29.0745 [lon] => -80.9122 [overall_dist] => 0.010099942016605468 ) [17] => Array ( [id] => 4531 [Date] => 27-Nov-2005 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Right thumb & palm lacerated [Species] => 4' shark [lat] => 29.0734 [lon] => -80.9128 [overall_dist] => 0.010595852661136718 ) [18] => Array ( [id] => 3869 [Date] => 25-May-1998 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County [Injury] => 4 lacerations on the sole of his right foot [Species] => 1.5 m [5'] shark, identified as a lemon shark by the surfer [lat] => 29.074 [lon] => -80.9121 [overall_dist] => 0.010698849487308593 ) [19] => Array ( [id] => 3890 [Date] => 30-Aug-1998 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Toes lacerated [Species] => 3' to 4' shark [lat] => 29.0763 [lon] => -80.9098 [overall_dist] => 0.010702664184574218 ) [20] => Array ( [id] => 3948 [Date] => 21-Aug-1999 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Small lacerations to right foot [Species] => [lat] => 29.0737 [lon] => -80.9122 [overall_dist] => 0.010899121093753905 ) [21] => Array ( [id] => 4687 [Date] => 05-Jul-2007 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Right foot bitten [Species] => [lat] => 29.0745 [lon] => -80.9112 [overall_dist] => 0.011099392700199218 ) [22] => Array ( [id] => 5819 [Date] => 02-Oct-2016 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County [Injury] => Cuts to dorsal surface of left foot [Species] => [lat] => 29.074 [lon] => -80.9117 [overall_dist] => 0.011103207397464843 ) [23] => Array ( [id] => 3830 [Date] => 27-Aug-1997 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County [Injury] => 2" laceration on left heel [Species] => [lat] => 29.0734 [lon] => -80.9122 [overall_dist] => 0.011198574829105468 ) [24] => Array ( [id] => 4903 [Date] => 18-Mar-2009 [Country] => USA [Area] => Florida [Location] => Ponce Inlet, Volusia County [Injury] => Minor bite to ankle [Species] => 3' to 4' shark [lat] => 29.0862 [lon] => -80.9219 [overall_dist] => 0.01129860229491797 ) ) ) Shark Attack | Ponce Inlet, Volusia County | August 1995 | Planet Deadly

Shark attack at Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, Usa

Shark attack details: Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida, 07-Aug-1995
Date of attack: August 7th 1995
Location: Ponce Inlet, Volusia County, Florida
Shark species: 1.2 m to 1.5 m [4' to 5'] shark
Name of victim: Matt Sturgis
Age of victim: 12 years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Body boarding
Injury: Multiple bites on right leg and knee

View detailed report (PDF)

Map showing shark attack location and nearby incidents

Nearby shark attacks

Shark attack

Usa

Attacks by region

Attacks by location

  • New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County (195)
  • Ponce Inlet, Volusia County (48)
  • Daytona Beach, Volusia County (35)
  • Cocoa Beach, Brevard County (30)
  • Myrtle Beach, Horry County (22)
  • Melbourne Beach, Brevard County (21)
  • Isle of Palms, Charleston County (18)
  • Jacksonville Beach, Duval County (14)
  • Jensen Beach, Martin County (13)
  • Florida Keys (12)