Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1890s

Shark attacks in the 1890s. Browse 150 documented incidents.

150

Total Incidents

71

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Tingalpa Creek, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1899
📍 Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1899
📍 Off Bengasi, Mediterranean Sea, LIBYA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Monterey Bay, Monterey County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1899
📍 Governor's Reef, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Off Lubang Island, Mindoro Occidental, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Port Said, Mediterranean Sea, EGYPT
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1899
📍 Off Bengasi, Mediterranean Sea, LIBYA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1899
📍 Trout River, Panama Park, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1899
📍 East Cape, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Port Said, Mediterranean Sea, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1899
📍 Bagnara Calabra, Calabria, ITALY
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1899
📍 BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Port Said, Mediterranean Sea, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Bordighera, Imperia Province, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 St. John's River, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1899
📍 Escalante, Negros , PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1899
📍 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1899
📍 Near a small wreck in a channel at Indian Key, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1898
📍 The Narrows, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1898
📍 Unknown Location
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1898
📍 Off Kohala, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1898
📍 Prince's Bay, Staten Island, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1898
📍 WEST INDIES
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1898
📍 Unknown Location
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1898
📍 Sapper Bay, Aden, YEMEN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1898
📍 St. John's River, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1898
📍 Outer Harbor, Aden, YEMEN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1898
📍 Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1898
📍 Noumea, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1898
📍 Muala, FIJI
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1898
📍 Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1898
📍 Colombo Harbor, SRI LANKA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1898
📍 CRETE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1898
📍 a creek near Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1898
📍 Ramshorn Creek, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1898
📍 Off Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1898
📍 Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1898
📍 Nuevitas Harbor, Camaguey Province, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1898
📍 Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1898
📍 Harbor, Aden, YEMEN
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1897
📍 Ailuk Island, Ratak , MARSHALL ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1897
📍 Vera Cruz Harbor, Vera Cruz, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1897
📍 East coast, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1897
📍 Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1897
📍 Elliott Cut, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1897
📍 Back Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1897
📍 30 miles south of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1897
📍 Mediterranean Sea
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1897
📍 NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1897
📍 Port Said, Mediterranean Sea, EGYPT
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1897
📍 Socotra, Socotra Islands, YEMEN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1896
📍 Hobson's Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1896
📍 Hoiktika, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1896
📍 Albany, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1896
📍 Esperance, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1896
📍 Marine Parade, Napier, Hawke Bay, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1896
📍 Charleston, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1896
📍 SRI LANKA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1896
📍 Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1896
📍 Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1896
📍 Johnstone's Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1896
📍 Off Cape Haitien, HAITI
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1896
📍 USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1895
📍 Jervis Bay , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1895
📍 Bridgetown, St Michael Parish, BARBADOS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1895
📍 Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1895
📍 Near the mouth of the Cape Fear River, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1895
📍 Aden, YEMEN
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1895
📍 Noyes Beach, Rhode Island, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1895
📍 West Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1895
📍 Unknown Location
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1895
📍 Raritan Bay, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1895
📍 Barrow Passage, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1895
📍 JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1895
📍 Mzimvubu River, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1895
📍 Preservation Inlet, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1895
📍 South Aroo Island, Moluccas, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1895
📍 Oamaru, South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1895
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1895
📍 Burnett River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1895
📍 Dampier's Creek, Broome, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1895
📍 Off Gun Cay, Bimini Islands, BAHAMAS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1895
📍 Bocas del Toro, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1894
📍 Woolsey's Point, East River, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1894
📍 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1894
📍 North Beach, St. Augustine, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1894
📍 Rockport, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Norfolk, Virginia, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Rewa River, Vita Levu, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Anastasia Island, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1894
📍 Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1894
📍 la Badine, Hyères , Provence, FRANCE
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Newcastle , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1894
📍 Simons Town, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1894
📍 New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Amherst, Rangoon, BURMA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Bay of Campeche, MEXICO
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1894
📍 Amherst, Rangoon, BURMA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Madras Harbor, Bay of Bengal, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Off Manila, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Mouth of the Nun River, Bayelsa State, NIGERIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1893
📍 Off Volusca, Opatija, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, CROATIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Off Tripoli, LEBANON
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1893
📍 Chimney Point, George’s Bay, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1893
📍 Torres Strait, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1893
📍 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Downs River, South Island?, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1893
📍 Between Kadavu & Beqa, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1893
📍 Port Said, Mediterranean Sea, EGYPT
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1893
📍 One week out of Pápete, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1892
📍 Wellington Point, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1892
📍 Havana Harbor, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1892
📍 Brest, Brittany, FRANCE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1892
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1892
📍 Rockhampton, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1892
📍 Velasco, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1892
📍 Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1892
📍 Out Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1892
📍 Norfolk Island, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1892
📍 Badu Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1892
📍 PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1891
📍 New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1891
📍 Flint Island, Line Islands, KIRIBATI
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1891
📍 Manukau Harbor, 6 miles south of Auckland, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1891
📍 Fort de France, MARTINIQUE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1891
📍 Off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CANADA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1891
📍 Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1891
📍 Off Longport, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1891
📍 PARAGUAY
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1891
📍 Port Royal Harbour, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1890
📍 Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1890
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 Off Panamota, Woodlark Islands, BRITISH NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 PERSIAN GULF
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1890
📍 Off Normandie-by-the-Sea, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 Apia Harbour, Upolu Island, SAMOA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1890
📍 Port Said, EGYPT
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1890
📍 Fiume, CROATIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1890
📍 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1890
📍 Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1890
📍 Cape Vidal, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1890
📍 Marsascala, Munxar Reef, MALTA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1890
📍 Derwent River (empties into the sea at Hobart), Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1890
📍 Lampton Harbour, Wellington, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1890
📍 CEYLON
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1890
📍 Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, INDIA