Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Snorkeling

Shark attacks during Snorkeling. Browse 134 documented incidents.

134

Total Incidents

19

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2025
📍 Haa Dhaalu atoll, Kulhudhuffushi City, MALDIVES
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2025
📍 The Wrecks walking track Moreton Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2024
📍 Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2024
📍 Leward reef, Providenciales Island, TURKS AND CAICOS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2023
📍 1770, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2023
📍 San Pedro , Ambergris Caye, Belize District, BELIZE
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Yallingup Lagoon, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2023
📍 Mosquera Islet, Galapagos Islands, ECUADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales Island, TURKS AND CAICOS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2023
📍 Kurrajong Campground, Exnouth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Praslin Island, SEYCHELLES
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2023
📍 Vaavu Atoll, MALDIVES
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Keawakapu Point, Kehei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Kauai, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Green Cay, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Looe Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Penzance, Cornwall, ENGLAND
🔴 Fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2022
📍 Nago, Okinawa, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2022
📍 Whalers Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2021
📍 Key Largo, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2021
📍 Five Fingers Reef, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2021
📍 Maui, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2021
📍 Port MacDonnell, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2020
📍 Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2020
📍 St. Vincent Bay, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2020
📍 Shark Reef, Ras Muhammed, South Sinai, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Sombero Key Light, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2020
📍 Puako, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Candle Reef, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2020
📍 Fitzroy Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2020
📍 Vallée Blanche, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Bargara, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Haifa, ISRAEL
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Magdalena Bay, Baja , MEXICO
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2019
📍 L’Hermitage Lagoon, Saint-Gilles, REUNION ISLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Off Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2019
📍 Opunohu Bay, Moorea, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Magra Islet, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Great Guana Cay, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Rose Island, Lucayan Archipelago, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2019
📍 Wells Cay, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2018
📍 Marsa Alam, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2018
📍 John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2018
📍 Santa Fe Island, Galapagos Islands, ECUADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2017
📍 BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2017
📍 Magnetic Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2017
📍 Kama‘ole Beach Park, Maui , Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Marsa Ghalib, Red Sea Protectorate, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2017
📍 Rose Island, New Providence District, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Athol Island, New Providence , BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2017
📍 Los Arbolitos, Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2017
📍 English Bay, Ascension Island, ST HELENA, BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2017
📍 Mauds Point, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Bundegi Sanctuary Zone, Ningaloo, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Charlie Young Beach, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Nassau, New Providence Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2015
📍 Punta Vicente Roca, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, ECUADOR
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2015
📍 Russel Island, Frankland Group, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2015
📍 Kanahena Cove , Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Kouare , NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2015
📍 Tahiti Beach, Elbow Cay, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2014
📍 Airplane Beach, Lahina, West Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Lindéralique, Hienghène, North Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2013
📍 Keawekapu Beach, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Turquoise Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2013
📍 Makenat, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2013
📍 Ulua Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2013
📍 BELIZE
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2012
📍 Lanai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2012
📍 Coral Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2011
📍 Mudjin Harbor, Middle Caicos, TURKS & CAICOS
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2011
📍 Palau Payar, Kedah, MALAYSIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2011
📍 Exmouth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Ras Nasrani, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Coral Bay, Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Middle Garden, Sharm el-Shiekh, South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2010
📍 Palmyra Atoll, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Off Garden Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2010
📍 Sharm el-Sheikh , South Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Exuma Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2010
📍 Two Mile Reef, Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2010
📍 Dent Island, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2010
📍 Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2009
📍 Habili Gafar, St. Johns Reef, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2009
📍 Windang, Lake Illawara, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2008
📍 Port Kennedy Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2008
📍 Lahilahi Point, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Broward County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2007
📍 Bellows Beach near Wailea Point, O’ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Bird Island, SEYCHELLES
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2007
📍 Keawakapu Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2006
📍 Moffat Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2005
📍 Wreck Point, Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2004
📍 Malakula (Malakula Island), Malampa Province, VANUATU
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2004
📍 The lagoon at Dahab, Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2004
📍 Punaluu, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2004
📍 Coral Bay, Sharm-el-Sheikh, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2004
📍 Caves Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Sha’ab Mahmud, Ras Mohamed Park, Sinai Peninsula, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2003
📍 Honolua Bay, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2003
📍 Beveridge Reef, Cook Islands, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Great Barrier Reef (near Upolu Bay), Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Scarborough, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2002
📍 French Cay, Caicos Bank, TURKS & CAICOS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2002
📍 Off Mkhambati , KwaZulu-Natal between Port Edward and Port St Johns, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Deerfield Beach (near Boca Raton), Broward County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2002
📍 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2001
📍 200 miles offshore, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2001
📍 Bronte Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2000
📍 Big Pine Key, Monroe County , Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2000
📍 27th Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1997
📍 Off a small island 5 km from Garden Island Resort, Taveuni, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1997
📍 Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1995
📍 Gladstone Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 1993
📍 Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1992
📍 Manalapan, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1992
📍 Meteorologic Station on Campbell Island, 370 nautical miles south of New Zealand, Antarctic Ocean, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1991
📍 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1991
📍 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 1991
📍 John Pennekamp Marine Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1990
📍 Outer Barrier Reef near Port Douglas, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1988
📍 Shell Island Panama City Beach, Bay County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1988
📍 BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1987
📍 Sampson Cay, Exuma Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1985
📍 Punta Secca, Sicily, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1967
📍 Florida Keys, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1966
📍 Bimini Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 1964
📍 White Island, North Island, NEW ZEALAND