USA shark attack data
2488 attacks recorded (178 fatal)
| Date | Region | Location | Fatal? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26th 1956 | California | Van Ness Municipal Pier, San Francisco | N |
| Jul 17th 1956 | Florida | Miami Beach | N |
| Jul 12th 1956 | South Carolina | Isle of Palms, Charleston County | N |
| Jul 1st 1956 | Virginia | Virginia Beach, Princess Anne County | N |
| Jul 1st 1956 | Virginia | Virginia Beach, Princess Anne County | N |
| Dec 31st 1955 | Hawaii | Waikiki, O'ahu | N |
| Dec 11th 1955 | Florida | N | |
| Sep 20th 1955 | Hawaii | East Moloka'i | N |
| Sep 4th 1955 | California | Venice Beach, Los Angeles County | N |
| Sep 3rd 1955 | California | Venice Beach, Los Angeles County | N |
| Aug 30th 1955 | California | Zuma Beach, Santa Monica | N |
| Aug 4th 1955 | South Carolina | Windy Hill Beach | N |
| Jul 1st 1955 | Florida | Vero Beach, Indian River County | N |
| Jul 1st 1955 | Illinois | Chicago (Lake Michigan) | N |
| Jun 23rd 1955 | Rhode Island | Occupasstuxet (Patuxent) Cove | N |
| May 8th 1955 | California | Malibu, Los Angeles County | N |
| Apr 1st 1955 | Hawaii | Hilo, Hawai'i | N |
| Feb 10th 1955 | California | Trinidad Bay, Humboldt County | N |
| Feb 6th 1955 | California | Pacific Grove, Monterey County | N |
| Nov 20th 1954 | Wake Island (Pacific Ocean north of the Marshall Islands) | Wilkes Islet Lagoon | N |
| Oct 7th 1954 | Virginia | 150 miles off Cape Henry | N |
| Sep 21st 1954 | California | La Jolla, San Diego County | N |
| Jul 4th 1954 | Florida | Florida Keys | N |
| Jul 1st 1954 | Hawaii | Moloka'i | N |
| Jun 29th 1954 | California | Santa Monica | N |
| Apr 8th 1954 | Hawaii | Wailupe, O'ahu | N |
| Sep 20th 1953 | California | Santa Catalina Island | N |
| Sep 18th 1953 | Georgia | 200 miles east of Savannah | N |
| Sep 3rd 1953 | New York | Rockaway Beach | N |
| Sep 2nd 1953 | Hawaii | Waiau, Pearl Harbor, O'ahu | N |
| Jul 26th 1953 | Hawaii | Maile Beach, O'ahu | Y |
| Jul 16th 1953 | California | Santa Catalina Island | N |
| Jul 15th 1953 | Florida | Juno Beach | N |
| Jul 4th 1953 | Hawaii | Kaula Rock near Niihau | N |
| Jul 1st 1953 | Florida | Juno Beach, Palm Beach County | N |
| Apr 4th 1953 | Texas | South Padre Island | N |
| Feb 18th 1953 | Hawaii | Barber | N |
| Dec 7th 1952 | California | Pacific Grove, Monterey Bay | Y |
| Dec 3rd 1952 | Hawaii | Maile Beach, O'ahu | Y |
| Aug 3rd 1952 | Hawaii | Between Ala Moana Channel & Kewalo Basin, O'ahu | Y |
| Jul 27th 1952 | Florida | Panacea, Wakulla County | N |
| Jul 27th 1952 | South Carolina | Seabrook Beach | N |
| Jul 27th 1952 | South Carolina | Seabrook Beach | N |
| Jul 27th 1952 | California | Off Santa Monica | Y |
| Jul 13th 1952 | California | San Diego | N |
| Jul 5th 1952 | Puerto Rico | Mona Island, 40 miles west of the mainland | N |
| Jul 1st 1952 | Florida | Near Key West | Y |
| May 27th 1952 | California | Imperial Beach, San Diego County | N |
| Jul 19th 1951 | California | Long Beach | N |
| Jun 25th 1951 | Hawaii | Kapehu Beach, Laupahoehoe, Hawai'i | Y |
| Oct 28th 1950 | California | Imperial Beach, San Diego County | N |
| Jul 10th 1950 | Texas | Near Port Arthur | N |
| Jul 9th 1950 | Texas | Galveston Bay | N |
| Jul 1st 1950 | Florida | Rock Harbor, Key Largo | N |
| Jul 1st 1950 | Florida | Jacksonville Beach, Duval County | N |
| Jun 25th 1950 | New York | Beach 103rd Street, Rockaway | N |
| Jun 5th 1950 | Florida | 275 miles northeast of Miami | Y |
| Jan 16th 1950 | Hawaii | Kahakuloa, Maui | N |
| Jul 25th 1949 | South Carolina | Oketee River, Jasper County | N |
| Jul 16th 1949 | California | 10 miles off Redondo Beach | N |
| Sep 19th 1948 | Hawaii | Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu | N |
| Sep 19th 1948 | Hawaii | Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu | N |
| Feb 13th 1948 | Texas | Gulf of Mexico between Brownsville & Carmen, Mexico | Y |
| Aug 4th 1947 | Florida | In a canal 10 miles north of St Augustine | Y |
| Jul 27th 1947 | California | Santa Monica | N |
| Jun 27th 1947 | Hawaii | Off Waianae, O'ahu | N |
| Aug 6th 1945 | Ocracoke | Y | |
| May 8th 1945 | North Carolina | Ocracoke Inlet, Carteret County | Y |
| Dec 2nd 1944 | Florida | 3 miles north of the inlet at Palm Beach | N |
| Sep 3rd 1944 | Maryland | North Beach | N |
| May 31st 1944 | Florida | Atlantic Beach, Mayport | N |
| Dec 4th 1943 | South Carolina | Off Charleston | N |
| Oct 26th 1943 | Florida | Victim was on said to be on tanker that collided off Florida coast on 10-20-1943 | N |
| Jul 18th 1943 | Florida | 40 miles off Islamorada, near Cay Sal | Y |
| Jul 1st 1943 | Hawaii | Midway, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | N |
| Apr 5th 1943 | Hawaii | 3 miles from shore off McGregor Point, Maui | N |
| Aug 21st 1941 | New York | Montauk | N |
| Aug 1st 1941 | South Carolina | Sullivan's Island at entrance to Charleston Harbor | N |
| Jul 22nd 1941 | New Jersey | Brielle (Offshore) | N |
| Jul 1st 1941 | Hawaii | Nankuli, O'ahu | N |
| Jun 15th 1941 | New York | 15 miles south of Jones Inlet | N |
| Mar 9th 1941 | California | Santa Monica | N |
| Jul 13th 1940 | South Carolina | Folly Beach, Charleston County | N |
| Jul 13th 1940 | South Carolina | Folly Beach, Charleston County | N |
| Jun 30th 1940 | North Carolina | Holden Beach, Brunswick County | N |
| Oct 4th 1939 | Hawaii | Kane'ohe Bay, Mokapu, O'ahu | N |
| Aug 1st 1939 | California | Off San Pedro | N |
| Jul 14th 1939 | Texas | West Bay, 19 miles from Galveston | N |
| May 3rd 1939 | Atlantic Ocean | At sea, several hundred miles south east of Cape Henry, Virginia | Y |
| Aug 18th 1938 | California | Near Encino | N |
| Jul 18th 1938 | South Carolina | Charleston | N |
| Jul 17th 1938 | California | Dana Point | N |
| Jul 1st 1938 | North Carolina | On one of the sounds near Wilmington | N |
| Nov 13th 1937 | North Carolina | Off Cape Hatteraa | Y |
| Jun 15th 1937 | Texas | Galveston | Y |
| May 30th 1937 | Texas | Galveston | N |
| Dec 30th 1936 | Hawaii | Honokohau, Maui | N |
| Sep 4th 1936 | Hawaii | Lahaina, Maui | N |
| Aug 1st 1936 | North Carolina | Pamlico Sound off Frisco, Dare County | N |
| Jul 25th 1936 | Massachusetts | Hollywood Beach, just above Mattapoisett Harbor, Buzzards Bay | Y |