USA Shark attacks

USA shark attack data

2472 attacks recorded (178 fatal)
USA shark attacks
Date Region Location Fatal?
Aug 8th 1878 New York Brooklyn Y
Jun 24th 1876 Georgia Cumberland Island N
Jul 15th 1874 Hawaii Waikiki N
Jul 15th 1874 New York Coney Island N
Jul 28th 1873 Maryland Chester River N
Apr 3rd 1872 Hawaii Kawahae N
Aug 29th 1871 Hawaii N
Aug 1st 1871 New York Long Island N
Jul 27th 1870 North Carolina Smithville (now Southport), Brunswick County N
Sep 2nd 1865 New York Greenport Sound, Long Island N
Jul 18th 1865 Texas Brazos Y
Aug 12th 1864 New York Mahattan N
Sep 13th 1863 South Carolina Stono Inlet, near Charleston, Charleston County N
Jul 1st 1862 Hawaii Puna N
Aug 1st 1860 New York Brooklyn N
Aug 31st 1858 New York Staten Island, Richmond County N
Aug 29th 1858 New York Staten Island, Richmond County N
Sep 30th 1855 North Carolina Cape Hatteras N
Sep 28th 1853 North Carolina Morehead, Carteret County N
Aug 5th 1853 South Carolina Charleston Harbor, Charleston County Y
Aug 1st 1852 Virginia Norfolk Y
Jul 1st 1852 South Carolina Mount Pleasant, Charleston County Y
Jul 1st 1851 California San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County N
Mar 1st 1851 Hawaii Honolulu Harbor Y
Jun 8th 1849 Florida Pensacola, Escambia County Y
Jun 8th 1849 Florida Pensacola, Escambia County Y
Aug 31st 1848 Maryland Patapsco River N
Jul 1st 1847 South Carolina Charleston Harbor, Charleston County N
Jul 1st 1847 South Carolina N
Sep 10th 1845 Florida Pensacola Bay, Escambia County Y
Jul 1st 1840 South Carolina Charleston Harbor, Charleston County Y
Jul 1st 1837 South Carolina N
Jul 26th 1830 Massachusetts Swampscott, Essex County Y
Jul 1st 1828 Hawaii Uo, Lahaina, Maui Y
Jun 24th 1817 South Carolina Charleston Harbor, Charleston County Y
Sep 3rd 1816 Rhode Island Bristol Harbor Y
Sep 1st 1805 New York Sag Harbor, Suffolk County N
Jul 1st 1779 Hawaii Maliu, Hawai'i Y
Jul 1st 1642 New York Between Manhattan and The Bronx Y
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Off Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County N
Nov 30th -0001 South Carolina Off 29th Avenue, Myrtle Beach, Horry County N
Nov 30th -0001 North Carolina Emerald Isle Pier (near Morehead City), Carteret County N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Nov 30th -0001 Delaware Fenwick Island N
Nov 30th -0001 California Huntington Beach, Orange County N
Nov 30th -0001 Texas Port Lavaca, Calhoun County N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Between Palm & Salerno Inlets, Martin County N
Nov 30th -0001 Hawaii Maui N
Nov 30th -0001 California Between False Klamath & mouth of Klamath River N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Biscayne Bay N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida 20 miles off Venice in Gulf of Mexico N
Nov 30th -0001 Hawaii Midway Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands N
Nov 30th -0001 Hawaii Midway Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands N
Nov 30th -0001 Gulf of Mexico Off Florida coast Y
Nov 30th -0001 New Jersey Atlantic City N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Indian River Inlet / Fort Pierce Inlet N
Nov 30th -0001 Connecticut Bridgeport N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida a creek near Jacksonville, Duval County N
Nov 30th -0001 New Jersey Shrewsbury River, Highlands, Monmouth County N
Nov 30th -0001 New Jersey Sandy Hook Bay, Highlands, Monmouth County N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Fort Pickens, Escambia County Y
Nov 30th -0001 North Carolina Morehead, Carteret County N
Nov 30th -0001 South Carolina Off the Battery N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Near Fernandina Bar, Nassau County Y
Nov 30th -0001 South Carolina Magwoods Wharf, Charleston Harbor, Charleston County N
Nov 30th -0001 South Carolina Charleston N
Nov 30th -0001 Hawaii Oahu N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Lost Tree Village, Palm Beach County N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County N
Nov 30th -0001 Florida Key West, Monroe County N
Nov 30th -0001 North Carolina Ocracoke Inlet Y

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)