Historical reference record — not independently verified
2019 New Smyrna Beach shark-bite archive
What happened
Multiple historical incidents share this year and location URL. Each supplied record is shown separately.
What is known
- Recorded classification: Multi-incident location/year archive
What remains uncertain
- This is deliberately a year/location archive because current GSAF-derived data confirms 10 New Smyrna Beach records in 2019.
- Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- Multiple dates — see individual records
- Date precision
- Year
- Location
- 2019 New Smyrna Beach shark-bite archive, Florida, USA
- Country
- USA
- Activity
- Unknown
- Incident classification
- Multi-incident location/year archive
- Area / state
- Florida
- Outcome
- Unknown
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Individual historical records
This historical URL contains multiple incidents at the recorded locality. Each record is retained separately.
This is deliberately a year/location archive because current GSAF-derived data confirms 10 New Smyrna Beach records in 2019.
18-year-old surfer — 2019-06-30
- date
- 2019-06-30
- person
- 18-year-old surfer
- age
- 18
- sex
- M
- activity
- Surfing
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- injury
- Minor foot lacerations.
William Angell — 2019-07-27
- date
- 2019-07-27
- person
- William Angell
- age
- 49
- sex
- M
- activity
- Boogie boarding
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- injury
- Right thigh bitten.
Reed Zipperer — 2019-07-29
- date
- 2019-07-29
- person
- Reed Zipperer
- age
- 18
- sex
- M
- activity
- Surfing
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- species
- Blacktip suspected by victim
- injury
- Hand lacerations; 19 stitches.
Emily Comfort — 2019-08-03
- date
- 2019-08-03
- person
- Emily Comfort
- age
- 20
- sex
- F
- activity
- Surfing
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- injury
- Left hand/wrist lacerations.
Riley Petrovich — 2019-08-03
- date
- 2019-08-03
- person
- Riley Petrovich
- age
- 21
- sex
- M
- activity
- Surfing
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- injury
- Right foot lacerations.
Peter Bourbeau — 2019-08-04
- date
- 2019-08-04
- person
- Peter Bourbeau
- age
- 51
- sex
- M
- activity
- Standing in knee-deep water
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- injury
- Right foot bitten.
9-year-old girl — 2019-08-16
- date
- 2019-08-16
- person
- 9-year-old girl
- age
- 9
- sex
- F
- activity
- Wading
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- injury
- Right leg bitten.
Don Walsh — 2019-08-27
- date
- 2019-08-27
- person
- Don Walsh
- age
- 40
- sex
- M
- activity
- Surfing
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- species
- About 6.5 ft shark described by victim
- injury
- Left hand and calf bitten.
Two additional New Smyrna records — 2019
- date
- 2019
- person
- Two additional New Smyrna records
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- injury
- The current GSAF-derived location archive counts 10 New Smyrna records in 2019; two additional records were not individually reconstructed in this pass.
Incident location
2019 New Smyrna Beach shark-bite archive, Florida, USA
Approximate area: Florida
The marker represents the named area, not the exact incident site.
The interactive map loads when it comes into view. Incident details remain available as text.
Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for Florida from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- Shark Data Lab location archive + contemporary Volusia County reporting — www.sharkdatalab.comSupports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.