Shark Incidents by Decade

Explore broader historical periods while keeping the limitations of older source material visible.

A decade view can show how the available record changes over time, but it is not a direct measure of shark behavior. Human population, beach use, water sports, rescue systems, news coverage and database practices all changed across the historical record.

Charts and totals on decade pages describe the reviewed dataset and keep unknown classifications and species visible.

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Browse by decade

Longer historical windows with clear dataset scope.

2020s

82 reviewed record(s)

2010s

170 reviewed record(s)

2000s

108 reviewed record(s)

1990s

94 reviewed record(s)

1980s

52 reviewed record(s)

1970s

54 reviewed record(s)

1960s

123 reviewed record(s)

1950s

96 reviewed record(s)

1940s

59 reviewed record(s)

1930s

31 reviewed record(s)

1920s

34 reviewed record(s)

1910s

43 reviewed record(s)

1900s

52 reviewed record(s)

1890s

43 reviewed record(s)

1880s

29 reviewed record(s)

1870s

25 reviewed record(s)

1860s

30 reviewed record(s)

1850s

4 reviewed record(s)

1840s

8 reviewed record(s)

1830s

2 reviewed record(s)

1820s

8 reviewed record(s)

1810s

2 reviewed record(s)

1800s

2 reviewed record(s)

1770s

1 reviewed record(s)

1760s

2 reviewed record(s)

1740s

1 reviewed record(s)

1730s

1 reviewed record(s)

1700s

2 reviewed record(s)