USA Shark attacks

USA shark attack data

2474 attacks recorded (178 fatal)
USA shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Apr 29th 1968 Florida Fort Lauderdale, Broward County N
Apr 20th 1968 Florida Palm Beach Shores, Riviera Beach, Singer Island, Palm Beach County N
Mar 10th 1968 Florida Jensen Beach, Martin County N
Mar 1st 1968 Florida Florida Keys N
Feb 26th 1968 Florida Palm Beach County N
Dec 14th 1967 N
Oct 17th 1967 Florida McArthur Beach, Singer Island, Palm Beach Shores N
Sep 20th 1967 Hawaii Kailua Bay, O'ahu N
Sep 7th 1967 Florida Key West N
Aug 27th 1967 California Ventura N
Aug 7th 1967 Florida Near Key West N
Jul 29th 1967 Florida Florida Keys N
Jul 1st 1967 South Carolina N
Jun 13th 1967 Florida Key West N
Sep 19th 1966 Hawaii 50 miles NE of Honolulu N
Sep 8th 1966 Florida Florida Keys N
Aug 1st 1966 Florida Municipal Bathing area, Riviera Beach N
Jul 31st 1966 Texas South Jetty, Galveston N
Jul 19th 1966 South Carolina Folly Beach, Charleston County N
Jul 17th 1966 Texas Point Comfort, Calhoun County N
Jul 3rd 1966 Florida Key Biscayne, Miami, Dade County N
Jun 22nd 1966 New Jersey Reeds Bay, Brigantine N
Jun 11th 1966 Florida Ft. Lauderdale, Broward County N
Jun 4th 1966 Texas Bolivar Peninsula N
May 16th 1966 Florida Fernandina Beach, Nassau County N
Apr 8th 1966 Puerto Rico N
Jan 22nd 1966 California Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, Monterey County N
Jan 5th 1966 Florida Hollywood, Broward County N
Aug 26th 1965 New Jersey Steel Pier, Atlantic City N
Jul 1st 1965 California Dana Point, San Clemente N
Jun 19th 1965 Florida In front of Key Biscayne Beach Club, Key Biscayne N
Jun 18th 1965 Florida 150 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy N
Apr 29th 1965 Florida Hobe Sound N
Apr 25th 1965 California Pacifica, San Mateo County N
Apr 10th 1965 Florida American Shoals off Key West N
Apr 4th 1965 Florida Juno Beach, Palm Beach County N
Mar 23rd 1965 Puerto Rico 60 miles offshore north of San Juan N
Mar 14th 1965 Florida Pompano Beach, Palm Beach County N
Feb 4th 1965 Massachusetts Granite Pier, Rockport N
Jan 25th 1965 California Newport Beach N
Nov 5th 1964 Puerto Rico N
Oct 25th 1964 Florida Near US Air Force Base at Elgin N
Aug 26th 1964 Florida Hollywood Beach N
Aug 22nd 1964 Florida 5 miles south of Palm Beach N
Aug 21st 1964 Florida Panama City N
Aug 8th 1964 Florida 2 miles off Jupiter N
Jul 27th 1964 Puerto Rico N
Jul 15th 1964 Connecticut 3 days out of Old Saybrook, Southern fringe of Gulf Stream N
Jul 8th 1964 Florida Palm Beach N
Jun 28th 1964 New York Long Island N
Jun 24th 1964 California Long Beach N
Mar 5th 1964 Florida Fort Lauderdale, Broward County N
Feb 1st 1964 Florida Palm Beach County N
Jan 11th 1964 California Southeast Farallon Island N
Nov 12th 1963 Florida 8 miles south of Elliot Key< Miami-Dade County N
Oct 16th 1963 Florida Biltmore Beach, near Panama City N
Sep 26th 1963 Florida coast (Gulf of Mexico) 100 miles offshore N
Sep 10th 1963 Florida Snapper Point Jetty, Miami, Dade County N
Jul 15th 1963 Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 11th 1963 Mississippi Horn Island N
Jul 1st 1963 California LaJolla, San Diego County N
Jul 1st 1963 Hawaii Portlock, Oahu N
May 18th 1963 California San Mateo N
Apr 20th 1963 US Virgin Islands Magens Bay, St. Thomas Y
Apr 12th 1963 Hawaii Awili, South Kona, Hawai'i N
Apr 8th 1963 Hawaii Hapuna Beach, Hawai'i N
Feb 4th 1963 Gulf of Mexico Off Key West N
Nov 11th 1962 California Farallon Islands N
Oct 6th 1962 California 2 miles off Santa Catalina Island N
Aug 29th 1962 California Solana Beach, San Diego County N
Aug 26th 1962 Florida 6 miles north of Palm Beach N
Aug 19th 1962 Texas Off Andy Bowie Park, Padre Island, near Port Isabel Y
Aug 12th 1962 New Jersey Manasquan, Ocean County N
Jul 28th 1962 South Carolina Off Hilton Head, Beaufort County N
Jul 19th 1962 California 30 miles south of San Clemente Island N
Jul 10th 1962 Georgia St. Simons Island or Jeykll Island, Glynn County N
Jul 7th 1962 Georgia Jekyll Island, Glynn County N
Jun 25th 1962 Florida Fernandina Beach, Nassau County Y
Jun 17th 1962 Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jun 11th 1962 California San Francisco Bay N
Jun 11th 1962 California San Francisco Bay Y
Jun 11th 1962 California San Francisco Bay Y
Jun 10th 1962 South Carolina Hilton Head, Beaufort County N
Jun 4th 1962 California 12' tank at Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco N
Jun 3rd 1962 Florida Riviera Beach, near Palm Beach Inlet N
May 29th 1962 Florida Jupiter N
May 12th 1962 California 8 miles off Newport Beach N
Jan 14th 1962 California Farallon Islands N
Oct 9th 1961 Florida Ocean Ridge, Boca Raton N
Oct 1st 1961 Florida Boca Raton, Palm Beach County Y
Sep 26th 1961 Florida Florida Keys N
Aug 20th 1961 California Portuguese Beach at mouth of Salmon Creek, Sonoma County N
Aug 16th 1961 South Carolina Pawley N
Aug 2nd 1961 Hawaii Pearl Harbor Channel, O'ahu N
Jul 29th 1961 New York Whitewood Point on Lloyd Neck in Oyster Bay N
Jul 1st 1961 Hawaii Maui N
Jun 24th 1961 Florida 500 yards from Fowey Rock Light, 9 miles east of Key Biscayne, Miami Y
Jun 18th 1961 Florida Jensen Beach, Martin County N
Jun 6th 1961 Florida Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County N
May 21st 1961 California Tomales Point, Marin County N

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)

Attacks by month

  • January (60)
  • February (64)
  • March (112)
  • April (174)
  • May (165)
  • June (264)
  • July (392)
  • August (357)
  • September (312)
  • October (217)
  • November (121)
  • December (73)