Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1820s

Shark attacks in the 1820s. Browse 17 documented incidents.

17

Total Incidents

9

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1829
📍 Sandy Hook Bay, Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1829
📍 Western Area, SIERRA LEONE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1829
📍 Between St. Bart's and Saba, CARIBBEAN SEA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1828
📍 Uo, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1828
📍 River Sierra Leone, 35 miles upriver from Freetown, Western Area, SIERRA LEONE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1827
📍 Tombo Island in the Sierra Leone River, Western Area , SIERRA LEONE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1827
📍 Tombo Island in the Sierra Leone River, Western Area , SIERRA LEONE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1827
📍 Alexandria, EGYPT
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1826
📍 Cape Coast, GHANA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1826
📍 Paraiba, Paraiba, BRAZIL
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1826
📍 CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1826
📍 Whitehaven, Cumberland, ENGLAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1826
📍 JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1825
📍 Sweet Water Point, Pitt Water, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1825
📍 South Bruny Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1823
📍 JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1822
📍 Bonny River, Rivers State, NIGERIA