Western Australia Shark Attacks

234 attacks recorded (36 fatal)
Western Australia shark attacks
Date Location Fatal?
Oct 9th 2011 Cottesloe Beach Y
Sep 4th 2011 Bunker Bay Y
Apr 23rd 2011 Red Bluffs N
Feb 12th 2011 Exmouth N
Jan 3rd 2011 Busselton N
Nov 27th 2010 Native Dog Beach N
Between Carnac and Garden Islands N
Oct 30th 2010 Off Garden Island N
Cheynes Beach N
Oct 23rd 2010 Wedge Island N
Aug 17th 2010 Cowaramup Bay Y
Jun 6th 2010 Conspicuous Beach, near Walpole N
N
The Natural Jetty, Rottnest Island N
Dec 30th 2008 Port Kennedy Beach N
Dec 27th 2008 Port Kennedy Beach Y
May 10th 2008 Albany N
Nov 18th 2007 In a tidal creek 5 km from Wickham N
May 16th 2007 Warra Beach, Coral Bay N
Dec 2nd 2006 Wharton Beach N
Jan 15th 2006 Off City Beach, Perth N
Sep 23rd 2005 Scarborough Beach, Perth N
Mar 19th 2005 Wreck Point, Abrolhos Islands Y
7 km off Trigg surf beach, Perth N
Jul 10th 2004 Lefthanders Beach, Margaret River Y
Jun 26th 2004 Floreat Beach N
Jun 10th 2004 Bunbury N
Mar 6th 2004 5 nm off Cervantes N
Jan 25th 2004 Binningup N
Nov 30th 2003 Margaret River N
Nov 30th 2003 Margaret River N
Jan 2nd 2003 Left break at the N
Jan 30th 2002 Collie River N
Dec 21st 2001 Honeycombs, 250 km south of Perth N
Nov 7th 2001 Leighton Beach, south of North Cottesloe N
Feb 26th 2001 Albany (incident took place 200 metres from swimmers) N
Nov 6th 2000 Cottesloe Beach, Perth N
Nov 6th 2000 Cottesloe Beach, Perth Y
Nov 9th 1997 Albany N
Oct 28th 1997 Cottesloe Beach, Perth N
Jan 20th 1997 Geraldton Y
Apr 16th 1996 Black Rock, Carnavon N
Jan 14th 1996 Mutton Bird Island, Albany N
Sep 11th 1995 Honeymoon Island, near Hopetown Y
May 18th 1995 Bernier Island, Shark Bay N
Albany N
Nov 21st 1993 A pearl farm in Roebuck Bay, Broome Y
Aug 14th 1993 Off Rottnest Island N
Nov 1st 1991 Backbeach, Halls Head N
Jan 9th 1991 Scarborough N
Mar 4th 1989 Near Broome in Roebuck Bay N
Feb 12th 1988 18 km west of Bunbury N
Mar 30th 1987 Fourth Beach / Twilgth Beach N
Oct 1st 1986 Direction Island, Cocos Islands N
Jul 26th 1986 3 km west of Rottnest Island N
Mar 1st 1984 Coral Bay N
Feb 16th 1981 Leighton Beach, north of Freemantle N
Feb 7th 1981 Parker's Point, Rottnest Island N
Nov 18th 1980 Lancelin N
Jul 5th 1975 15 km north of Lancelin, north of Perth N
Dec 12th 1974 Geographe Bay N
Emu Channel N
Nov 25th 1973 Swan River N
Nov 30th 1969 Swan River, 13 miles upstream N
Nov 2nd 1968 N
Feb 20th 1968 Swan River N
Aug 19th 1967 Jurien Bay Y
Sep 18th 1966 Little Beach Reef, Bremer Bay N
Sep 13th 1966 Albany N
Sep 10th 1966 Roe Reef off Rottnest Island N
Jan 10th 1966 Woodman Point N
Dec 28th 1965 Bathurst Reef, Rottnest Island N
Oct 4th 1964 Avalon Beach, near Mandurah, 50 miles south of Perth N
Jan 18th 1964 Hamelin Bay N
Jan 1st 1964 Metro coast N
Apr 13th 1963 Yallingup N
Jun 7th 1962 Emu Point N
Dec 27th 1961 North of main swimming area in Waterman's Bay Beach, Perth N
Sep 6th 1961 Broome N
May 7th 1961 Quinn N
Apr 1st 1961 Rottnest Island N
Mar 14th 1961 Shark Bay N
Feb 1st 1961 Carnac Island N
Nov 6th 1960 Hamelin Bay N
Sep 18th 1960 Frenchman Bay N
Apr 22nd 1960 Rottnest Island N
Off Rottnest Island N
Jan 13th 1960 Geraldton N
Nov 9th 1959 Perth N
Jan 31st 1959 South Perth N
Feb 2nd 1957 Cape Lev N
Mar 1st 1956 Fremantle N
Mar 1st 1955 Woodman N
Boyup Brook N
Mar 1st 1950 City Beach, Perth N
Cottesloe, Perth N
May 16th 1949 Broome N
Jan 5th 1949 Leighton Beach, North Fremantle N
Dec 27th 1948 Lancelin Island Y
Feb 10th 1946 City Beach, Perth N

Attacks by region

Attacks by location

  • Sydney (10)
  • Sydney Harbor (10)
  • Near Thursday Island (9)
  • Brisbane River (9)
  • Moreton Bay (8)
  • Newcastle (8)
  • Bunbury (7)
  • Coogee (7)
  • Ross River, Townsville (7)
  • Bondi (7)

Attacks by month

  • January (30)
  • February (18)
  • March (17)
  • April (17)
  • May (12)
  • June (17)
  • July (11)
  • August (8)
  • September (14)
  • October (21)
  • November (32)
  • December (18)