Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1830s

Shark attacks in the 1830s. Browse 21 documented incidents.

21

Total Incidents

10

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1839
📍 Horn Point, Lady's Bay, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1839
📍 Matanzas, Matanzas Province (north coast), CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1839
📍 Rewa , Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1839
📍 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1837
📍 Magwoods Wharf, Charleston Harbor, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1837
📍 New York, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1837
📍 Macleay River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1837
📍 “Southern Wharf”, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1836
📍 South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1836
📍 SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1835
📍 Alongside the whaler Marianne, 35º39 : 165º8', TASMAN SEA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1835
📍 Bay of Yago, Espiritu Santo Island, Sanma Province, VANUATU
🔴 Fatal Hammerhead Shark Attack - 1834
📍 Tahiti, Society Islands, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1832
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1832
📍 South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1831
📍 Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1831
📍 Near Havana, CUBA, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1830
📍 St. Thomé, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1830
📍 Madras, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1830
📍 Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1830
📍 Unknown Location