Ocean Shark attacks

Ocean shark attack data

82 attacks recorded (25 fatal)
Ocean shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Feb 15th 2015 N
Jan 28th 2006 300 miles from Antigua N
Jan 23rd 2006 800 miles from land N
Dec 20th 2005 600 nm west of the Canary Islands N
Sep 11th 1994 Florida Straits Y
Mar 21st 1972 N
Nov 21st 1965 250 miles southwest of O'ahu, Hawaii Japanese fishing boat Taihei Maru No.10 N
Jun 1st 1965 Y
Dec 22nd 1963 Between Southampton & Canary Islands N
Oct 15th 1963 N
Nov 1st 1962 Off Bermuda N
Sep 13th 1962 Off coast of West Africa Off the passenger liner Stirling Castle Y
Sep 23rd 1961 165 miles from Bermuda N
Mar 9th 1961 Wake Island (EnenKio) Leeward side of island, directly in back of Mid-Pac barrel storage area N
Jan 6th 1961 9.35N 79.35W East of La Grande Island, North of Panama Canal N
Oct 1st 1960 Enroute from Suez to Aden (Yemen) N
Sep 22nd 1960 180 miles southeast of Okinawa N
Apr 14th 1960 33N, 68W Royal Canadian Navy CS2F-1 aircraft ditched in the sea 180 nautical miles WNW of Bermuda at 01h30 N
Jul 1st 1959 N
May 1st 1959 Between England & South Africa N
Jul 4th 1958 Between Hawaii & Wake Island 600 miles northwest of Honolulu Y
Jul 4th 1958 Between Hawaii & Wake Island 600 miles northwest of Honolulu N
Nov 8th 1957 1,000 miles east of Hawaii N
Jun 20th 1956 Venezuelan aircraft lost Y
Mar 1st 1956 Wake Island N
Sep 23rd 1955 1000 miles west of Hawaii Between Wake & Johnston Islands Y
Sep 23rd 1955 1000 miles west of Hawaii Between Wake & Johnston Islands N
Aug 1st 1955 Open sea N
Jul 11th 1953 330 to 350 miles east of Wake Island N
Mar 1st 1953 Between Straits of Malacca and Sri Lanka N
Oct 5th 1951 South Carolina 400 miles off the le N
Jul 11th 1951 In Los Angeles N
Dec 5th 1948 Between Kwajalein Atoll & Johnston Island 500 nautical miles southwest of Johnston Island N
Sep 15th 1948 Bound from New York to London in ballast Y
Apr 1st 1947 Off Central American coast at 8N.79W N
Jun 23rd 1944 Aircraft went down on 6/12/1944. He survived on raft for 11 days and was 150 miles off Guam when rescued N
Nov 12th 1943 Near the Fiji Islands 22 N
Sep 23rd 1943 Gulf of Panama North shore of Rey Island, Las Perlas archipelago Y
May 27th 1943 N
Jan 26th 1943 Northwest of Papua New Guinea Y
Nov 21st 1942 Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena Y
Nov 1st 1942 Between Hawaii and U.S.A. N
Sep 30th 1942 04.05N-13.23W N
Sep 12th 1942 360 miles north of Ascension Island N
Jul 1st 1942 (Southwestern Pacific) N
Jul 1st 1942 N
Apr 5th 1942 West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 300 nm from shore N
Dec 7th 1941 N
Nov 27th 1941 Off Libya N
Nov 27th 1941 Off Libya N
Nov 25th 1941 North of Pernambuco, Brazil N
Jun 1st 1941 Off coast of Ecuador Between Esmeraldas & Salinas N
Mar 24th 1941 750 miles off the African coast N
Jan 29th 1941 In Convoy OB 274 Off Sierra Leone N
Jan 1st 1941 Y
Jul 18th 1939 N
Nov 12th 1928 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA Y
Apr 22nd 1926 South of the Equator Steamship bound from Cape Town to Philadelphia N
Jul 15th 1917 Off IRELAND 82 miles from Fastnet Y
Jun 24th 1916 Y
Nov 28th 1910 Georges Bank N
Oct 11th 1904 Between Noumea & Sydney Y
Apr 15th 1893 N
Mar 25th 1893 N
Dec 15th 1892 Y
Oct 25th 1890 Y
Dec 25th 1888 Between Perth & Colombo N
Jul 1st 1887 Somewhere between Philadelphia and Hiogo, Japan N
Aug 17th 1885 Y
Jul 1st 1883 Y
Sep 2nd 1878 Off the coast of West Africa N
Sep 2nd 1878 Off the coast of West Africa Y
Aug 28th 1877 N
Nov 30th 1872 Y
Jul 1st 1872 Off the coast of South America N
Nov 30th -0001 Onboard swordfish trawler N
Nov 30th -0001 In the Gulf Stream Between Bimini & Miami N
Nov 30th -0001 Y
Nov 30th -0001 N
Nov 30th -0001 Southwestern Pacific Base Y
Nov 30th -0001 Y
Nov 30th -0001 Y

Attacks by region

Attacks by location

  • 600 miles northwest of Honolulu (2)
  • Between Wake & Johnston Islands (2)

Attacks by month

  • January (6)
  • February (1)
  • March (5)
  • April (5)
  • May (3)
  • June (5)
  • July (8)
  • August (3)
  • September (13)
  • October (5)
  • November (12)
  • December (6)