Australia Shark attacks

Australia shark attack data

1453 attacks recorded (306 fatal)
Australia shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Oct 12th 2008 Northern Territory Darwin N
Oct 11th 2008 New South Wales Lake Macquarie N
Sep 15th 2008 Northern Territory Near Croker Island N
Sep 7th 2008 New South Wales Clarks Beach, Byron Bay N
Aug 30th 2008 New South Wales Tallow Beach, Byron Bay N
Jul 30th 2008 Victoria Levys Beach N
May 10th 2008 Western Australia Albany N
Apr 20th 2008 New South Wales Crescent Head N
Apr 17th 2008 Queensland Duranbah, Greenmount Beach N
Apr 8th 2008 New South Wales Lighthouse Beach, Ballina Y
Feb 7th 2008 New South Wales Horseshoe Bay N
Jan 27th 2008 Queensland 200 km east of Coolangatta N
Dec 18th 2007 New South Wales Jimmy's Beach N
Dec 15th 2007 Queensland South Stradbroke Island N
Dec 14th 2007 New South Wales Bondi N
Nov 18th 2007 Western Australia In a tidal creek 5 km from Wickham N
Nov 8th 2007 New South Wales Wategos Beach, Byon Bay N
Oct 15th 2007 New South Wales Byron Bay N
Oct 13th 2007 Queensland Holmes Reef N
Jul 18th 2007 Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Direction Island N
Jun 5th 2007 New South Wales Shelly Beach, Crescent Head N
May 16th 2007 Western Australia Warra Beach, Coral Bay N
May 12th 2007 Victoria Warrnambool N
May 8th 2007 New South Wales Kingscliff Beach N
Apr 26th 2007 Queensland Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria N
Mar 20th 2007 New South Wales South Golden Beach N
Mar 12th 2007 Queensland Moore Park, north of Bundaberg N
Feb 3rd 2007 New South Wales Shelly Beach N
Jan 23rd 2007 New South Wales Cape Howe N
Jan 19th 2007 New South Wales Brunswick Heads N
Jan 9th 2007 New South Wales Sandbar Beach N
Dec 18th 2006 Victoria Winki Pop, Bells Beach N
Dec 6th 2006 New South Wales Mowarry Point N
Dec 2nd 2006 Western Australia Wharton Beach N
Sep 4th 2006 Queensland Great Barrier Reef N
Aug 29th 2006 South Australia Pennington Bay, Kangaroo Island N
Jul 17th 2006 Torres Strait Western Province N
Jun 5th 2006 South Australia Waitpinga N
May 2nd 2006 Queensland Moffat Beach, Caloundra N
Apr 11th 2006 New South Wales Newcastle Beach N
Mar 15th 2006 New South Wales Bondi, Sydney N
Feb 13th 2006 Queensland Golden Beach, Caloundra N
Feb 12th 2006 Queensland Point Vernon, Hervey Bay N
Feb 12th 2006 South Australia Brighton Beach, Adelaide N
Jan 15th 2006 Western Australia Off City Beach, Perth N
Jan 7th 2006 Queensland Amity Point, North Stradbroke Island Y
Dec 11th 2005 Queensland St. Crispin Reef N
Dec 6th 2005 South Australia Middle Beach, 40 km north of Adelaide N
Nov 25th 2005 Victoria 6 km off Collendina, south of Melbourne N
Nov 25th 2005 Victoria Flinders N
Sep 27th 2005 New South Wales Arakoon's Little Bay N
Sep 24th 2005 South Australia Kangaroo Island N
Sep 23rd 2005 Western Australia Scarborough Beach, Perth N
Sep 7th 2005 New South Wales Park Beach, Coff's Harbour N
Sep 4th 2005 South Australia Fishery Bay, Eyre Peninsula N
Aug 24th 2005 South Australia Glenelg Y
Jul 15th 2005 N
May 15th 2005 Queensland 50 km east of Townsville N
Apr 25th 2005 New South Wales Bermagui N
Apr 17th 2005 New South Wales Crookhaven N
Apr 16th 2005 Northern Territory Bremer Island N
Apr 16th 2005 New South Wales Bronte Beach N
Mar 27th 2005 New South Wales N
Mar 19th 2005 Western Australia Wreck Point, Abrolhos Islands Y
Feb 26th 2005 Queensland Brisbane River N
Jan 19th 2005 Victoria Port Phillip Bay N
Jan 14th 2005 Victoria Blairgowrie N
Dec 16th 2004 South Australia West Beach, Adelaide Y
Dec 11th 2004 Queensland Opal Reef Y
Oct 21st 2004 New South Wales Stockton Beach N
Sep 25th 2004 Queensland Batt Reef N
Aug 3rd 2004 New South Wales Byron Bay N
Jul 10th 2004 Western Australia Lefthanders Beach, Margaret River Y
Jun 26th 2004 Western Australia Floreat Beach N
Jun 10th 2004 Western Australia Bunbury N
Apr 26th 2004 New South Wales Latitude Reef, near Forster N
Mar 6th 2004 Western Australia 5 nm off Cervantes N
Feb 21st 2004 New South Wales Taree, Old Bar Beach N
Feb 16th 2004 Queensland Fido's Reef, 300 m east of Cook Island. Cook Island is 2 miles from Tweed Heads, Gold Coast N
Feb 11th 2004 New South Wales Caves Beach N
Jan 25th 2004 Western Australia Binningup N
Jan 12th 2004 New South Wales Bushrangers Pass at Bass Point N
Dec 8th 2003 Victoria Collendina Beach east of Ocean Grove N
Nov 30th 2003 Western Australia Margaret River N
Nov 30th 2003 Western Australia Margaret River N
Nov 1st 2003 New South Wales Seal Rocks, north of Newcastle N
Oct 31st 2003 New South Wales Lighthouse Beach, Seal Rocks N
Jul 26th 2003 Northern Territory Nhulunbuy N
Feb 15th 2003 South Australia Goolwa Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula N
Feb 11th 2003 New South Wales Coogee Bay, near Sydney N
Feb 8th 2003 Queensland Burleigh Lake on the Gold Coast Y
Jan 2nd 2003 Western Australia Left break at the N
Dec 29th 2002 Queensland Great Barrier Reef (near Upolu Cay) N
Dec 21st 2002 Queensland Depth of 40 m on the wreck of the St. Paul off Brisbane N
Dec 20th 2002 Queensland Golden Beach N
Dec 16th 2002 Queensland Miami Lake Y
Jun 20th 2002 Queensland Sunshine Beach N
May 7th 2002 Northern Territory Darwin N
Apr 30th 2002 South Australia Smoky Bay, near Ceduna, on the Eyre Peninsula Y
Apr 21st 2002 New South Wales 26 nautical miles out to sea off Lake Macquarie N

Attacks by region

Attacks by location

  • Sydney (10)
  • Sydney Harbor (10)
  • Brisbane River (9)
  • Near Thursday Island (9)
  • Newcastle (8)
  • Moreton Bay (8)
  • Bondi (7)
  • Thursday Island (7)
  • Great Barrier Reef (7)
  • Brisbane (7)

Attacks by month

  • January (219)
  • February (156)
  • March (130)
  • April (116)
  • May (65)
  • June (68)
  • July (57)
  • August (54)
  • September (65)
  • October (97)
  • November (142)
  • December (190)