Florida Shark Attacks

1175 attacks recorded (48 fatal)
Florida shark attacks
Date Location Fatal?
Jun 17th 1999 South of Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Jun 12th 1999 Atlantic Beach, Duval County N
Jun 9th 1999 Atlantic Dunes Park, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County N
Apr 1st 1999 Hobe Sound Beach, Palm N
Feb 3rd 1999 Hobe Sound, Martin County N
Dec 24th 1998 Ormond Beach, Volusia County N
Nov 21st 1998 Ocean Beach, Jaycee Park, Vero Beach, Indian River County Y
Nov 14th 1998 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Nov 11th 1998 South Beach Park, Indian River County N
Oct 24th 1998 Jupiter Beach, Palm Beach County N
Oct 10th 1998 Sebastian Inlet, Indian River County N
Oct 1st 1998 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 27th 1998 The Rocks, Hutchinson Island, Martin County N
Sep 22nd 1998 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 14th 1998 Stuart Beach, Martin County N
Aug 30th 1998 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Aug 13th 1998 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Jul 25th 1998 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jun 8th 1998 Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
May 25th 1998 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
May 16th 1998 Pecks Lake, Martin County N
May 16th 1998 Walton Rocks, St. Lucie County N
Apr 17th 1998 Marathon N
Mar 31st 1998 Jensen Beach Park, Martin County N
Mar 8th 1998 Loggerhead Park, Juno Beach, Palm Beach County N
Feb 23rd 1998 Jensen Beach, Martin County N
Dec 25th 1997 Fort Lauderdale N
Dec 25th 1997 Hollywood Beach, Broward County N
N
Oct 24th 1997 North Jetty, Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, St. Lucie County N
Oct 21st 1997 North Jetty, Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, St. Lucie County N
Oct 4th 1997 Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 9th 1997 Ormond by the Sea, Volusia County N
Sep 8th 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 6th 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 30th 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 27th 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 11th 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 10th 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 9th 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 4th 1997 Carysfort Lighthouse, Key Largo, Monroe County N
Aug 2nd 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 2nd 1997 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jun 9th 1997 Palm Beach County N
Jun 2nd 1997 Daytona Beach Shores, Volusia County N
May 31st 1997 In Gulf of Mexico 17 miles off Weeki Wachee N
May 31st 1997 Flagler Beach, Flagler County N
May 31st 1997 Flagler Beach, Flagler County N
Nov 18th 1996 Coral Cove Park, Palm Beach County N
Oct 3rd 1996 Cocoa Beach, Brevard County N
Sep 18th 1996 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 6th 1996 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 2nd 1996 Bethune Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 2nd 1996 Bethune Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 11th 1996 Bayshore Garden, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota County N
Jul 26th 1996 Wiggins Pass, Collier County N
Jul 20th 1996 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 10th 1996 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 4th 1996 Public Beach, Siesta Key, Sarasota County N
May 18th 1996 South of Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
May 7th 1996 Shark Shallows, Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Jan 23rd 1996 Florida Keys, Monroe County N
N
Oct 21st 1995 North Beach, North Hutchinson Island N
Oct 1st 1995 Ormond Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 30th 1995 Crescent Beach, St. Augustine, St. Johns County N
Sep 30th 1995 North Beach, Hutchinson Island, St. Lucie County N
Sep 19th 1995 Matanzas Bay Inlet, St. Johns County N
Sep 17th 1995 Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
Sep 13th 1995 Alligator Reef, off Islamorada, Monroe County Y
Aug 31st 1995 North Beach Inlet, St. Lucie County N
Aug 26th 1995 Crescent Beach St. Johns County N
Aug 26th 1995 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Aug 22nd 1995 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Aug 15th 1995 Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
Aug 10th 1995 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Aug 7th 1995 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
Jul 28th 1995 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 28th 1995 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 28th 1995 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 28th 1995 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jul 23rd 1995 South Jetty, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Jun 17th 1995 Jensen Beach Park, Martin County N
Jun 16th 1995 Tiger Shores Beach, Martin County N
May 26th 1995 Vero Beach, Indian River County N
Apr 16th 1995 N
Apr 13th 1995 Ormond Beach, Volusia County N
Oct 9th 1994 Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Recreation Area, Miami-Dade County N
Oct 5th 1994 Indialantic, Brevard County N
Jul 8th 1994 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
May 31st 1994 Ponce Inlet, Volusia County N
May 31st 1994 Daytona Beach, Volusia County N
May 28th 1994 3 miles east of Jacksonville Beach, Duval County N
May 24th 1994 Spessard Holland Park, Melbourne Beach, Brevard County N
May 23rd 1994 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
May 15th 1994 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County N
Apr 3rd 1994 Miami Beach, Dade County N
Feb 19th 1994 Juno Beach N
Dec 22nd 1994 Flagler Beach, Flagler County N
Nov 28th 1993 North Beach Jetty, St. Lucie 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 (23)
  • February (28)
  • March (74)
  • April (116)
  • May (92)
  • June (119)
  • July (144)
  • August (140)
  • September (175)
  • October (110)
  • November (56)
  • December (23)