Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1880s

Shark attacks in the 1880s. Browse 118 documented incidents.

118

Total Incidents

54

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1889
📍 Port Phillip, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1889
📍 Madras, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1889
📍 Patras, Northern Peloponnese, GREECE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1889
📍 Bowen, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1889
📍 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1889
📍 Fernandina, Nassau County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1889
📍 Hillsborough Bay, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1889
📍 West Bay near Galveston , Texas, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1889
📍 Freetown, Western Area, SIERRA LEONE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1888
📍 Between Perth & Colombo, INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Hawkesbury Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, CANADA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, CROATIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1888
📍 New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1888
📍 Iron Cove Bridge, Sydney (Estuary), New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1888
📍 JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Cutch Coast, Gujarat, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1888
📍 Port Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Lukovo, CROATIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Point Cook, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Oamaru, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1888
📍 Mzimvubu River mouth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1888
📍 Off Tripoli, Mediterranean Sea, LIBYA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Kraljevica, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, CROATIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Ryde, Sydney (Estuary), New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1887
📍 BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1887
📍 Between Lake Worth & Biscayne Bay, near Hillsboro, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1887
📍 Trieste, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Black Point, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Gulf of California
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Off Puerto Cortez (Caribbean coast), Cortés, HONDURAS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1887
📍 Kaipara, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1887
📍 Mzimvubu River, 9.6 km from the sea, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Maceió, Alagoas, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Blaauwberg, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1887
📍 Somewhere between Philadelphia and Hiogo, Japan, OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Shrewsbury River, Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Shrewsbury River, Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Sandy Hook Bay, Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1886
📍 Off Bribie Heads, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1886
📍 Pass Christian, Hamilton County, Mississippi, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1886
📍 Hamakua Homakua, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Rothesay Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Near the mouth of the Clarence River, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1886
📍 South Jetty, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Dunedin , South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1886
📍 Noumea, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1886
📍 Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1886
📍 Dobroyd Head, Watson Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1886
📍 Mordialloc, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1886
📍 Groot River, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1886
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1885
📍 Brisbane , Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1885
📍 Bunbury, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1885
📍 Kau District, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1885
📍 Unknown Location
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1885
📍 Kau District, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1885
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1885
📍 Kokstad District, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1885
📍 Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1885
📍 Kau District, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1884
📍 Port Phillip, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1884
📍 Between Nice & Villefranche, Côte d'Azur , FRANCE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1884
📍 Jamaica Bay, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1884
📍 South Jetty, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1884
📍 Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1884
📍 Bahia, BRAZIL
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1884
📍 Port Pirie, Spencer Gulf, 230 km north of Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1883
📍 Brazos, Texas, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1883
📍 Parramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1883
📍 the pearling beds, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1883
📍 Maldonado coast, URUGUAY
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1883
📍 Between Port Arthur Penal Colony & Forestier Peninsula, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1883
📍 Savannah River, Chatham County, GEORGIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1883
📍 East coast, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1883
📍 PACIFIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1883
📍 Iron Cove, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1883
📍 Bull’s Bay, near Charleston, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1883
📍 South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1883
📍 the pearling beds, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1883
📍 Fort Pickens, Escambia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 New Brighton, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1882
📍 AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 Tararu, Thames, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 Millers Point, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1882
📍 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1882
📍 AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1882
📍 Darling Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 Tararu, Thames, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 Maryborough, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1882
📍 In the bay near the naval yard at Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1882
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1881
📍 Johnstone's Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1881
📍 Pensacola Bay, Escambia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1881
📍 Providence, Rhode Island, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1881
📍 Western Banks
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1881
📍 Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County , North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1881
📍 Santa Cruz
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1881
📍 Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1881
📍 Stretto di Messina, Sicily, ITALY
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1881
📍 At Panihattu, Barrackpore, Dackhineshwar, Barahonagore, Kashipur & Chitpur down to Baug Bazar ghats, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1880
📍 MOZAMBIQUE
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1880
📍 Bermagui, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1880
📍 Petrie Bight, Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1880
📍 The Narrows, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1880
📍 (Calcutta?), West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Hoogly River, West Bengal, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Panihati, 4 miles south of Barrackpore on the Hoogly River, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Ganges River, West Bengal, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Acapulco, Guerro, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Cooranbong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1880
📍 Chowder Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Hutchinson Island, Martin County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1880
📍 SYRIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Campbell’s Point, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1880
📍 Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS