USA Shark attacks

USA shark attack data

2488 attacks recorded (178 fatal)
USA shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Jul 12th 1936 New Jersey Long Branch (offshore) N
Jun 6th 1936 Florida Boca Ciega Bay Y
Mar 30th 1936 Florida Miami N
Sep 21st 1935 North Carolina Brown Y
Jul 27th 1935 California Santa Barbara Channel Y
Jul 27th 1935 California Santa Barbara Channel Y
Jun 18th 1935 New Jersey 50 miles offshore N
Aug 5th 1934 Georgia Thunderbolt N
Jun 20th 1934 Florida Melbourne Y
Aug 28th 1933 California Hermosa Beach N
Aug 28th 1933 South Carolina Pawley N
Aug 26th 1933 Connecticut Mystic River N
Jul 16th 1933 South Carolina Charleston N
Jul 7th 1933 California San Diego N
Jun 21st 1933 South Carolina North end of Morris Island at mouth of Charleston Harbor N
Jun 16th 1933 South Carolina Folly Island, near Charleston N
Apr 10th 1933 Florida Miami Beach Y
Aug 10th 1932 New Jersey Offshore, between Mantoloking & Point Pleasant, Ocean County N
Jul 14th 1932 Texas Galveston N
Jun 28th 1932 New Jersey 10 miles offshore from Sea Isle City N
Jun 26th 1932 New Jersey Off Ocean City N
Feb 16th 1932 Hawaii 1 mile off Mala Wharf, Lahaina, Maui N
Sep 21st 1931 Florida Municipal Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County N
Sep 21st 1931 Florida Municipal Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County N
Sep 2nd 1931 Hawaii Kahala, O'ahu N
Aug 30th 1931 Hawaii N
Aug 27th 1931 New Jersey 1 mile ESE of Navesink N
Aug 18th 1931 Texas Off Brownsville N
Aug 6th 1931 New Jersey Sandy Hook (ocean side) N
Jul 15th 1931 New Jersey Sea Girt N
Jun 14th 1931 Hawaii Pearl Harbor, O'ahu N
Jun 13th 1931 Hawaii Pearl Harbor, O'ahu N
Jun 4th 1931 Florida Key West N
Aug 6th 1930 Florida Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach County N
Jul 11th 1930 Florida Jensen Beach, Martin County N
May 27th 1930 Texas High Island N
Mar 7th 1930 Florida 70 miles off Tarpon Springs N
Aug 5th 1929 South Carolina Fort Moultrie N
Jul 1st 1929 Florida Indian River area N
Jul 1st 1929 Florida Cape Canaveral N
Mar 16th 1929 Florida Sea Spray, Palm Beach N
Nov 18th 1928 New Jersey Seabright N
Sep 1st 1928 Texas Corpus Christi N
Aug 24th 1928 New Jersey Off shore N
Jun 24th 1928 Florida Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
Jan 21st 1928 Florida N
Jan 8th 1927 California Catalina Channel N
Aug 24th 1926 New Jersey Seaside, Ocean County Y
Jul 12th 1926 New Jersey 20 miles off Seabright N
Jul 8th 1926 California San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County N
Jul 1st 1926 New Jersey Sea Bright Y
May 18th 1926 Hawaii Hale'iwa, O'ahu Y
Apr 7th 1926 Hawaii Hilo Bay Yacht Club, Hilo, Hawai'i N
Nov 1st 1925 Puerto Rico Condado Beach, San Juan N
Nov 1st 1925 Puerto Rico Condado Beach, San Juan N
Aug 2nd 1925 South Carolina Folly Island, near Charleston N
May 1st 1925 Puerto Rico Condado Beach, San Juan N
Jan 27th 1925 Florida Miami Beach N
Nov 21st 1924 Puerto Rico Santurce Y
Jul 31st 1924 South Carolina Folly Island, near Charleston N
Jul 4th 1924 California Newport Beach N
Jun 18th 1924 Florida Bayboro, Pinellas County N
Jul 1st 1923 New Jersey Sea Bright N
Jul 1st 1923 New Jersey Ocean City (offshore) N
Feb 1st 1923 Puerto Rico San Juan N
Dec 14th 1922 Puerto Rico San Juan Y
Sep 28th 1922 Hawaii Keawanui, Kamalo, Moloka'i N
Sep 21st 1922 Massachusetts Nahant N
Jul 19th 1922 Florida Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, Duval County N
Jun 17th 1922 Florida Municipal Pier, St. Petersburg, Tampa bay Y
Jul 1st 1921 Florida Gadsden Point, Tampa Bay N
Jul 14th 1920 New York Woodcliff Channel, Freeport, Long Island N
Jun 29th 1920 Florida Englewood Beach, Charlotte County N
Aug 10th 1919 Florida Gadsden Point Tampa Bay N
Jul 1st 1919 Florida Near Panama City, Bay County N
May 29th 1919 South Carolina James Island Sound, Charleston N
Apr 6th 1919 Florida Florida Keys 25 Y
Nov 1st 1918 Hawaii Papaikou plantation Y
Sep 21st 1917 New Jersey Sea Bright, Monmouth County N
Sep 9th 1917 Hawaii Nanakuli, Oah N
Jul 18th 1917 Florida Florida Keys Y
Jun 3rd 1917 South Carolina Calibogue Sound N
Oct 11th 1916 Florida Sewell Y
Aug 24th 1916 Louisiana Grand Lake N
Jul 26th 1916 North Carolina Atlantic, near New Bern, Craven County N
Jul 17th 1916 North Carolina Somewhere between Hatteras and Beaufort N
Jul 13th 1916 New York Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn N
Jul 13th 1916 New York Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn N
Jul 12th 1916 New Jersey In Matawan Creek, off NJ Clay Company brickyards at Cliffwood, Monmouth County, 9.5 miles from the sea N
Jul 12th 1916 New Jersey Matawan Creek, 10 miles from the sea Y
Jul 12th 1916 New Jersey Matawan Creek, 10 miles from the sea Y
Jul 6th 1916 New Jersey Spring Lake, Monmouth County Y
Jul 1st 1916 New Jersey Beach Haven, Ocean County Y
Jun 30th 1916 New Jersey Atlantic City N
Jun 23rd 1916 Florida N
Aug 3rd 1915 Florida St. Augustine N
Jul 1st 1915 Florida Soldier Key Y
Sep 9th 1914 Louisiana Lake Pontchartrain Y
Jul 9th 1914 Louisiana New Orleans N
May 14th 1914 Florida Boca Ciega Bay 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)