Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1920s

Shark attacks in the 1920s. Browse 207 documented incidents.

207

Total Incidents

73

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1929
📍 Collaroy, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Unknown Location
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1929
📍 White Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbor , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Nikumaroro Island, Phoenix Islands, KIRIBATI
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Near Badu Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1929
📍 Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1929
📍 Nasareth Beach, Valencia, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1929
📍 Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Tarrafal, Santiago Island, CAPE VERDE
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1929
📍 Fort Pierce, St Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1929
📍 Sea Spray, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1929
📍 Badu Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Near Dauan Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Badu Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1929
📍 Bribie Passage, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1929
📍 Ardrossan, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1929
📍 Glenelg, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1929
📍 Maroubra Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1929
📍 Alma Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1929
📍 Ardrossan, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1929
📍 Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1929
📍 Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Miranda Head, Hauriki Gulf, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1929
📍 San Stefano, TURKEY
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1929
📍 Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1929
📍 Ardrossan, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Suva Harbor, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1929
📍 Indian River area, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1929
📍 Garden Island, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1929
📍 Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1928
📍 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA, Virginia, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 INDIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Taboga Island Bay, Gulf of Panama, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1928
📍 Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1928
📍 AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1928
📍 Seabright, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 Off shore, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1928
📍 AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 Graceville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1928
📍 Viareggio, Tuscany, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1928
📍 Barrow Point, 100 miles north of Cooktown, Queensland, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1928
📍 Coal wharf, Port Royal, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1928
📍 Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1928
📍 Near Barrow Point, Queensland, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1928
📍 Deliverance Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1928
📍 Kei River mouth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Off Florida coast, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Near Puntarenas, COSTA RICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1928
📍 Salt Vlei, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1928
📍 Tugela River Mouth, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1928
📍 Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1927
📍 Bradleys Head, Sydney , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1927
📍 Little Brak River, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1927
📍 Kiah Creek, Eden, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1927
📍 90 miles off Albrohos Island, Porto Seguro, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1927
📍 Bellambi Reef, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1927
📍 a river, FIJI
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1927
📍 Off Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1927
📍 Bondoc Peninsula, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1927
📍 Mereweather Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1927
📍 Near Thursday Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1927
📍 Near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1927
📍 Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1927
📍 A shark was caught, its head severed from body and hung from the anchor davit onboard the U.S.S. Borie, Salinas Bay, NICARAGUA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1927
📍 Kidd’s Beach, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1927
📍 Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, , South Island, NEW ZEALAND
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1927
📍 Grey’s Point, Port Hacking, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1927
📍 Catalina Channel, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1927
📍 Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1927
📍 15 miles up the Cataract River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1926
📍 Near Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1926
📍 Near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1926
📍 Roku Point, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1926
📍 Clarence River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1926
📍 18 miles southwest of Bermuda, BERMUDA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1926
📍 Palm Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1926
📍 Seaside, Ocean County, New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1926
📍 San Francisco Bay (or San Leandro Bay), near cannery, Alameda County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1926
📍 20 miles off Seabright, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1926
📍 Varazze, Golfo di Genova in the Ligurian Sea, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1926
📍 Steamship bound from Cape Town to Philadelphia, South of the Equator , SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1926
📍 Casa Antunez Beach, Barcelona, Sants-Montjic, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1926
📍 Hilo Bay Yacht Club, Hilo, Hawai'i, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1926
📍 Hale'iwa, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1926
📍 Rarotonga, Cook Islands, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1926
📍 Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1926
📍 Sea View Beach, SINGAPORE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1926
📍 Mossel Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1926
📍 Hamburg, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1926
📍 West Beach, Brighton, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1926
📍 Bay of Monaco, MONACO
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1925
📍 Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1925
📍 Condado Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1925
📍 Valencia, Valencia , SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1925
📍 Princess Royal Harbor, near King George’s Sound, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1925
📍 Folly Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1925
📍 Off Shanklin, Isle of Wight, ENGLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1925
📍 Condado Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1925
📍 Newcastle Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1925
📍 Condado Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1925
📍 Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1925
📍 Suva Harbor, Suva, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1925
📍 Hula, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1925
📍 Second Narrows in Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, CANADA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1925
📍 Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1924
📍 Rangiroa, Tuamotus, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1924
📍 Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Port Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Pacific Anchorage off the Panama Canal, 2 to 3 miles off Taboguilla Island, Pacific Ocean, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1924
📍 Weymouth, Dorset, ENGLAND
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Santurce, Puerto Rico, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1924
📍 Folly Island, near Charleston, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1924
📍 Kiama, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Bayboro, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Bronte, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 150 miles offshore, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1924
📍 Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1924
📍 Sisargas Islands, Galica, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1924
📍 Currumbin, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1924
📍 Savo Island, Central Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1924
📍 Near Asbestos Works, Camellia, Parramatta River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1924
📍 St. George’s Strand, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1924
📍 South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1923
📍 Murwillumbah, Tweed River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1923
📍 Urunga, Belliger Heads, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1923
📍 Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1923
📍 Condon, 88 km NE of Port Hedland, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1923
📍 Black Head, south of Taree, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1923
📍 Bellinger Head, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1923
📍 Near Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1923
📍 Off the Demerara River , Demerara County, GUYANA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1923
📍 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1923
📍 Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1923
📍 Outside Vera Cruz Harbor, Vera Cruz, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1923
📍 Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1923
📍 Southgates, near Geraldton, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1923
📍 San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1923
📍 In Swan River at Freshwater Bay, Claremont, 5 miles from river mouth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1923
📍 Bellambi Reef, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1923
📍 Bunbury, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1923
📍 20 miles from Havana, Caribbean Sea, CUBA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1923
📍 Fort Drum, Manila Bay, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1923
📍 Ocean City (offshore), New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1923
📍 Sea Bright, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1922
📍 San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1922
📍 Ocean City (offshore), New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1922
📍 Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1922
📍 Hornsea, East Yorkshire, ENGLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1922
📍 Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1922
📍 Nahant, Massachusetts, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1922
📍 Keawanui, Kamalo, Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1922
📍 Pialba Beach near Maryborough, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1922
📍 Pie Corner, Lucy, BARBADOS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1922
📍 Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland Parish, JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1922
📍 Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1922
📍 Municipal Pier, St. Petersburg, Tampa bay, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1922
📍 Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1922
📍 Bilgola Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1922
📍 Kingston Harbor, Kingston Parish, JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1922
📍 Simon’s Town, False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1922
📍 Coogee , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1922
📍 Ross River, Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1922
📍 Shatt-al Arab River, IRAQ
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1922
📍 Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1922
📍 Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1922
📍 Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1921
📍 Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1921
📍 Gay’s Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1921
📍 Gay’s Corner, Bulimba Reach of Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1921
📍 Rewa River, Viti Levu Island, FIJI
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1921
📍 Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1921
📍 Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1921
📍 Havana Harbor, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1921
📍 Off Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1921
📍 Fort Frank, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1921
📍 Weymouth, Dorset, ENGLAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1921
📍 Cavite Province, Luzon, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1921
📍 Marine Dock, Cape Haitien, HAITI
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1920
📍 Bunbury, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1920
📍 Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1920
📍 Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1920
📍 Englewood Beach, Charlotte County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1920
📍 Between Bay Rock & Magnetic Island, Cleveland Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1920
📍 Arlington Reef, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1920
📍 200 miles from MacKay, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1920
📍 Slaunwhite's Ledge, Hubbard Cove, Halifax, CANADA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1920
📍 Zwartkops River, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1920
📍 Woodcliff Channel, Freeport, Long Island, New York, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1920
📍 Throsby Creek, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1920
📍 Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1920
📍 Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland Parish, JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1920
📍 Stanley Bay, Auckland Harbor, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1920
📍 Tugela River, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA