USA Shark attacks

USA shark attack data

2488 attacks recorded (178 fatal)
USA shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Mar 14th 1914 Florida St. Augustine N
Mar 3rd 1914 Hawaii Honomu, Hawai'i Y
Dec 30th 1913 Florida Palm Beach, Palm Beach County N
Sep 21st 1913 Florida West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County N
Aug 27th 1913 New Jersey Lavalette N
Aug 27th 1913 New Jersey Spring Lake, Monmouth County N
May 21st 1913 Florida John's Pass, Pinellas County N
Aug 30th 1912 Georgia Tybee Island Y
Jul 23rd 1912 South Carolina Sullivan's Island N
Nov 8th 1911 Florida Pensacola Bay, Escambia County N
Oct 26th 1911 South Carolina Off Charleston Y
Sep 23rd 1911 Texas Galveston Ship Channel Y
Sep 20th 1911 Florida Pensacola Bay, Escambia County Y
Sep 17th 1911 Florida Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, Duval County N
Jul 16th 1911 Delaware Delaware Lightship N
Jul 1st 1911 Texas Texas City, Galveston N
May 1st 1911 Texas Rockport, Aransas County N
Jul 1st 1910 Hawaii Hilo, Hawai'i N
May 16th 1910 Alabama Off Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island N
Mar 1st 1910 Hawaii Pearl Harbor, O'ahu N
Nov 26th 1909 Florida 16 miles north of Fort Pierce Inlet, Indian River County N
Sep 4th 1909 Delaware Lewes, Sussex County N
Aug 19th 1909 Florida Pensacola Bay, Escambia County Y
Jul 24th 1909 New York Rockaway N
Jul 15th 1909 Florida Panama City, Bay County N
Apr 10th 1909 Hawaii Pa'uwela, Maui N
Sep 5th 1908 California Redondo N
Jul 1st 1908 California Monterey Y
Jun 8th 1908 Georgia Y
May 10th 1908 Florida Marathon, Monroe County Y
Jan 8th 1908 Hawaii Mana, Kaua'i Y
Oct 8th 1907 Hawaii Kalepolepo, Kihei, Maui N
Aug 8th 1907 New Jersey Lower Delaware Bay N
Jul 1st 1907 South Carolina Small creek near Coles Island N
Jul 1st 1907 Hawaii Pepe'ekeo, Honomu, Hawai'i Y
Mar 26th 1907 Florida Garden Key, Charlotte County Y
Oct 10th 1906 Hawaii N
Oct 10th 1906 Hawaii Y
Oct 10th 1906 Hawaii N
Oct 10th 1906 Hawaii Y
Sep 1st 1906 California Avalon N
Aug 4th 1906 Maryland Tangier Sound, Somerset County Y
Jul 5th 1906 Mississippi Bay St. Louis, Hancock County Y
Jul 29th 1905 North Carolina Davis Shore, east of Beaufor, Carteret Countyt Y
Jul 1st 1905 North Carolina Ocracoke, Hyde County Y
Jul 1st 1905 North Carolina Cape Lookout, Carteret County N
May 22nd 1905 Florida Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, Duval County N
Jul 27th 1904 Texas Y
Jul 1st 1904 N
Jul 1st 1904 Hawaii Off Diamond Head, Honolulu, O'ahu Y
Sep 16th 1903 New Jersey Atlantic City N
Jul 1st 1903 Hawaii Koko Head, south side of O'ahu Island Y
Nov 1st 1902 Texas Near Port Lavaca, Calhoun County N
Aug 8th 1902 Hawaii Kalihi, O'ahu Y
Jul 6th 1902 New Jersey Atlantic City N
Jul 1st 1902 Florida Mosquito Inlet (Ponce Inlet), Volusia County Y
Nov 30th 1901 Hawaii Inter-Island Dry Dock at Kakaako Street, Honolulu, O'ahu N
Sep 13th 1900 Rhode Island Coddington Cove N
Aug 21st 1900 North Carolina Southport, Brunswick County N
Jul 14th 1900 Hawaii Makapu'u Point, O'ahu N
Aug 23rd 1899 California Monterey Bay Y
Aug 15th 1899 Florida Trout River, Panama Park Y
Jul 1st 1899 Florida St. John's River N
Jul 1st 1899 Florida Near a small wreck in a channel at Indian Key N
Oct 28th 1898 Hawaii Off Kohala Y
Aug 22nd 1898 New York Prince's Bay, Staten Island N
Jul 1st 1898 Off Hawaii Y
Jul 1st 1898 South Carolina Ramshorn Creek N
Dec 4th 1897 East coast N
Sep 17th 1897 Rhode Island Point Judith N
Sep 6th 1897 South Carolina Elliott Cut, Charleston County N
Mar 15th 1897 Massachusetts 30 miles south of Lynn Y
Jul 25th 1896 Hawaii Kahului, Maui Y
Jul 1st 1896 Florida Y
Jun 21st 1896 South Carolina Charleston N
Sep 1st 1895 North Carolina Near the mouth of the Cape Fear River, Brunswick County N
Aug 11th 1895 Rhode Island Noyes Beach Y
Aug 2nd 1895 New Jersey Raritan Bay N
Dec 11th 1894 Florida North Beach, St. Augustine N
Oct 6th 1894 Alabama Mobile Bay Y
Sep 12th 1894 Virginia Norfolk N
Sep 1st 1894 Texas Rockport N
Aug 21st 1894 New York Woolsey's Point, East River N
Aug 1st 1894 Florida Jacksonville, Duval County N
Jun 29th 1894 Florida Anastasia Island N
Jun 15th 1894 North Carolina New Bern, Craven County N
Sep 16th 1892 Texas Velasco N
Aug 29th 1891 New Jersey Off Longport, Atlantic County N
Jun 11th 1891 Virginia Hampton Roads Y
Aug 17th 1890 New Jersey Off Normandie-by-the-Sea, Monmouth County N
Aug 9th 1890 Connecticut Bridgeport N
Nov 16th 1889 Hawaii Honolulu N
Jul 21st 1889 Florida Fernandina, Nassau County Y
Jul 19th 1889 Texas West Bay near Galveston N
Jan 31st 1889 Florida Hillsborough Bay N
Aug 1st 1888 New York N
Oct 18th 1887 Florida Between Lake Worth & Biscayne Bay, near Hillsboro Y
Aug 1st 1886 New Jersey Shrewsbury River, Highlands, Monmouth County N
Jun 2nd 1886 Hawaii Hamakua Homakua, Hawai'i N
Jul 26th 1885 Hawaii Kau District 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)