Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Boating

Shark attacks during Boating. Browse 177 documented incidents.

177

Total Incidents

54

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2025
📍 Blasck Wall Reach Swan River Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Flying Fish Marina, Clarence Town Long Isand, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2022
📍 Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2021
📍 Catalina Island, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2021
📍 Aqaba, JORDAN
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2021
📍 Tautira, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2021
📍 Ukumehama , Maui, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2020
📍 Ua Huka, Marquesas, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2019
📍 REUNION ISLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Ship Rock near Catalina, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2019
📍 Waikoloa area, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Anaehoomalu Bay, Hawaii, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Moffat Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Blue Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Gars Garabulli, LIBYA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2017
📍 Off Tapuna Beach, Auckand, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2017
📍 Off Tutukaka, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Monterey Bay, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2014
📍 Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2014
📍 Castle Rock, north of Dunsborough, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2014
📍 Manomet Point, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2014
📍 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2012
📍 Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Dolphin Bay, Innes National Park, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2011
📍 Makahuena Point, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Pigeon Point, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2011
📍 Cap La Houssaye, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2011
📍 Kauai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2011
📍 Brisants. , Saint-Gilles, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2011
📍 Libertad, San Onofre, Sucre, COLUMBIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Near oil rig Hondo, 5 nm from Gaviota, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2009
📍 Mudjimba Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2009
📍 Second Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Portland, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Dillon Beach, Marin County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Long Reef, north of Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 West Cove, Catalina Island, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Sarasota Bay, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Nahoon, East London, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2006
📍 Off Pu'u Ola'l, Makena, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2005
📍 Port Bolivar, Galveston County, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2005
📍 North Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2005
📍 Blairgowrie, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 2003
📍 Welagi coastal reef off Drekeniwai, Taveuni, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2002
📍 Paramatta River (near Sydney), New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2001
📍 Laem Mae Pim Beach, Rayong Province, THAILAND
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2001
📍 South West Rocks, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2001
📍 Sandy Bay/Whananaki, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2000
📍 Pensacola Bay, Escambia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 2000
📍 Between the Kakanui River and Campbell's Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 2000
📍 Saint Pierre, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1999
📍 North of Pidgeon Point, San Mateo County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1999
📍 Papamoa, near Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1995
📍 LaJolla Shores, San Diego County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1995
📍 Waya Island, Yasawa Islands, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1993
📍 Goat Rock, Bodega Bay, Sonoma County?, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992
📍 Ano Nuevo, San Mateo County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1991
📍 Portofino, 20 miles offshore, Tigullio Bay, Santa Margherita Ligure (Liguria), Ligurian Sea, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1990
📍 Trinidad State Beach, Humboldt County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1990
📍 Monster Hole, Sebastian Inlet, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1989
📍 Near Broome in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1989
📍 Latigo Point / Paradise Cove, west of Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1989
📍 Latigo Point / Paradise Cove,west of Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1988
📍 Waihe'e, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1987
📍 Off Manila, Mindoro, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1987
📍 Marciana Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1985
📍 Southeast Farallon Island, Farallon Islands, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1984
📍 Marciana Marina, Isola d'Elba, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1984
📍 1 km off Black's Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1984
📍 Off Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1983
📍 Central Philippines, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1982
📍 Lacona, Isola d'Elba, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1980
📍 Maestre de Campo Island, 120 miles south of Manila, Romblon Province, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1980
📍 250 miles southwest of Manila, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1979
📍 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1979
📍 10 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1978
📍 South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1976
📍 Gordon’s Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1976
📍 Off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1970
📍 Between St. Kitts & Nevis, Caribbean Sea
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1968
📍 Moro Gulf, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1967
📍 Kailua Bay, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1966
📍 Red Sea, SUDAN
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1965
📍 Florida Strait
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1965
📍 Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1964
📍 Near US Air Force Base at Elgin, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1964
📍 Southern end, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1964
📍 30 miles from Port Moresby, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1963
📍 Figtree Ledge, Hervey Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1963
📍 100 miles southeast of Manila, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1961
📍 Lelepa Island, Shefa Province, VANUATU
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1960
📍 Bella Vista, Delagoa Bay, MOZAMBIQUE
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1959
📍 400 miles southeast of Sri Lanka, MALDIVE ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1959
📍 Between False Klamath & mouth of Klamath River, Del Norte County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1959
📍 Mouth of Langoyan River, Davao City, Mindanao, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1959
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1958
📍 Ensenada, Baja California, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1956
📍 Genova, S. Nazaro, Punta Vagno, Ligurian Sea, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1954
📍 Lika-Senj, Pag Island, Zadar County, CROATIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1953
📍 Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1953
📍 Off Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1952
📍 Off Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1950
📍 Yeppoon, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1948
📍 Gansbaai, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1947
📍 Off Central American coast at 8N.79W, PACIFIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1944
📍 CARIBBEAN SEA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 Off South American coast
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 300 miles east of St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 (Southwestern Pacific), MID-PACIFC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1940
📍 Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1940
📍 Koper, Adriatic Sea, SLOVENIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1938
📍 Liverpool River, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1937
📍 SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1937
📍 Arran, Argyllshire, SCOTLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1936
📍 Near Shelburne Bay, Queenland, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1929
📍 Glenelg, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1926
📍 Near Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1926
📍 18 miles southwest of Bermuda, BERMUDA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1923
📍 Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1922
📍 Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1919
📍 Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1918
📍 Muchoir Banks, 60 miles north of San Domingo in the West Indies, SAN DOMINGO
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1916
📍 50 miles off Bahamas, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1916
📍 Carrum, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1914
📍 Essequibo River Mouth, Essequibo, GUYANA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1914
📍 Paramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1913
📍 Lagos, Lagos , NIGERIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1910
📍 Off Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1909
📍 Rhio Strait, 30 nm from Singapore, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1908
📍 Jakarta Harbor, Java, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1907
📍 Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1904
📍 Shrewsbury River, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1904
📍 Caibarien Harbor, Villa Clara Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1899
📍 East Cape, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1898
📍 Noumea, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1898
📍 Off Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1896
📍 Esperance, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1895
📍 Preservation Inlet, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1893
📍 Off Volusca, Opatija, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, CROATIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1893
📍 Between Kadavu & Beqa, FIJI
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1892
📍 PACIFIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1891
📍 Flint Island, Line Islands, KIRIBATI
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1891
📍 Port Royal Harbour, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1888
📍 New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1887
📍 Between Lake Worth & Biscayne Bay, near Hillsboro, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1886
📍 Dobroyd Head, Watson Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1886
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1880
📍 Bermagui, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1880
📍 The Narrows, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1878
📍 Off the coast of West Africa, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1878
📍 Off the coast of West Africa, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1875
📍 Sharks Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1874
📍 Mouth of the Ullua River, HONDURAS
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1874
📍 Between Nanumea & Nanumaga Atolls, TUVALU
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1872
📍 Kawahae, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1872
📍 Levuka Point, Ovalau Island, Lomaiviti Provine, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1870
📍 Derwent River, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1867
📍 Vera Cruz Harbor, Veracruz , MEXICO
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1867
📍 Remedios, Villa Clara Province, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1864
📍 Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1863
📍 Caloundra Heads, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1862
📍 Bonin Islands, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1860
📍 Nassau, New Providence Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1853
📍 Off the Battery, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1849
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1844
📍 NAMIBIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1840
📍 George Town Cove, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1839
📍 Horn Point, Lady's Bay, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1839
📍 Matanzas, Matanzas Province (north coast), CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1831
📍 Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1800
📍 St. Anne, SEYCHELLES