Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

1940s

Shark attacks in the 1940s. Browse 283 documented incidents.

283

Total Incidents

103

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🔴 Fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Between Cuba & Costa Rica, Caribbean Sea
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Cosenza, Calabria, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1949
📍 Seaholme, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Elba Island, Tuscany, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1949
📍 Kurnell, Botany Bay , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Flinders Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Oketee River, Jasper County, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Nelson's Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1949
📍 Between Tientsin & Hong Kong, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1949
📍 10 miles off Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Broome, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Shatt-el-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1949
📍 Nerang River, Southpot, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 18 miles south of Port Augusta, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1949
📍 Off North Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1949
📍 Bar Beach, Newcastle , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Sabara Island, Calvados Chain 11.4S, 153E, Calvados Archipelago, NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Miramar Beach, Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1949
📍 Mona Vale, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1949
📍 San Vincenzo, Tyrrhenian Sea, ITALY
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1949
📍 Orava (Aravo) Islet , near Kieta. , Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Enang , Kavieng, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Leighton Beach, North Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949
📍 Kulengei, southeast of Kalili, Kavieng, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Kerpuna , Abau Sub District, Central Province, NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949
📍 Sohano Island, Buka Passage, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948
📍 King’s Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948
📍 Rib Reef off Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Abadan, Shat-Al-Arab River, IRAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948
📍 500 nautical miles southwest of Johnston Island, Between Kwajalein Atoll & Johnston Island, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1948
📍 Lancelin Island, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1948
📍 10 miles off Cape Maisi, Guantanamo Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1948
📍 Saibai Island, 80 miles north of Cape York, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 Keratsini , Attica, GREECE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Bound from New York to London in ballast, MID ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948
📍 Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 Off Makapauu Point, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Bandar Ma’shur sea inlet, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 Saipan, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 St. John, Genti Bay, US Virgin Islands, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948
📍 Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1948
📍 Gansbaai, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Between Joal & Sangomar near Dakar, Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Gulf of Mexico between Brownsville & Carmen, Mexico, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 1948
📍 Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Grey/Gray Shark Attack - 1948
📍 Punam Passage, Rataman census div, Namatanai, New Ireland Province, Bismarck Archipelago, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1948
📍 Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1948
📍 Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1948
📍 Mona Vale, near Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948
📍 Finschafen , Morobe Province, NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1948
📍 Mombasa, Coast Province, KENYA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948
📍 Tung Island, off the west coast of Buka Island, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1948
📍 False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1947
📍 Knobby's Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1947
📍 3 miles out to sea off Glenelg, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1947
📍 Tiaroye, near Dakar, Cap Vert Peninsula, SENEGAL
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1947
📍 Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1947
📍 Watson Taylor's Lake, 25 miles south of Port Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1947
📍 Knobby's Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1947
📍 Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1947
📍 Piedade, Pernambuco, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1947
📍 Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1947
📍 North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1947
📍 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1947
📍 In a canal 10 miles north of St Augustine, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1947
📍 Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Moreton Bay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Dodecanese Islands, Carpathian Sea, GREECE
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1947
📍 Rocket Hut Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1947
📍 Kilindini Harbor, Mombasa, Coast Province, KENYA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1947
📍 Palm Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1947
📍 Off Waianae, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1947
📍 Off Central American coast at 8N.79W, PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1947
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1947
📍 Coogee, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 1947
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1947
📍 Palm Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Cable Beach, New Providence Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1947
📍 Berry's Bay, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 1946
📍 40 miles off Thursday Island, Torres Strait, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Auckland Creek, Gladstone, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Glenelg, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1946
📍 Kwajalein, MARSHALL ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Mark’s Point, Swan Bay, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1946
📍 Jura Village, Gaza, ISRAEL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Chennai, INDIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, 275 km from the sea, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1946
📍 Dorquain, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Dar-es-Salaam harbor, Dar-es-Salaam , TANZANIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1946
📍 Port Newby, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 South Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Trinity Beach, Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1946
📍 Grange, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1946
📍 City Beach, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Oatley Bay near Como, George’s River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Townsville, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1946
📍 Pollock Beach, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1946
📍 Battery Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 Table Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1946
📍 "Head of the Gulf", PERSIAN GULF
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1945
📍 Tweed Beach, HONG KONG
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1945
📍 Vicinity of Abadan, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN / IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1945
📍 OKINAWA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1945
📍 Ryukyu, JAPAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1945
📍 200 miles Leyte, In transit between Tinian and Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1945
📍 Off Cheribon, Northern Java, JAVA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1945
📍 Ocracoke Inlet, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1945
📍 Trinity Beach, Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1945
📍 Ocracoke, North Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1945
📍 Cojimar, Havana Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1945
📍 JAMAICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1945
📍 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1945
📍 Scottburgh, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1945
📍 Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1945
📍 Mouth of Rio Dudio, 50 miles west of the city of Colon, Colon Province, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1945
📍 Shatt-al Arab River, Basrah, IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1944
📍 3 miles north of the inlet at Palm Beach, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Freetown, Western Area, SIERRA LEONE
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 USS Hull DD-350 was one of 3 destroyers that capsized in Typhoon Cobra, 300 miles east of Luzon, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 Off Samar Island in the Gulf of Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 Maroochydore Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Off Cape Engano, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 Bernardino Strait near Gulf of Leyte, PHILIPPINES
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1944
📍 Tewantin, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 North Beach, Maryland, USA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1944
📍 CARIBBEAN SEA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 225 miles east of Hong Kong
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1944
📍 Hartenbos, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Aircraft went down on 6/12/1944. He survived on raft for 11 days and was 150 miles off Guam when rescued, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 1944
📍 Atlantic Beach, Mayport, Duval County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1944
📍 Caribbean Sea, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 SAMOA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Country Club Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1944
📍 False Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1944
📍 Lake Nicaragua (fresh water), NICARAGUA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1944
📍 North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1944
📍 Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 1944
📍 North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1944
📍 North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1944
📍 First Beach, Forster, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Triplicane Beach, Chennai, INDIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Adriatic Sea, ITALY
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 Pacific Ocean, NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1944
📍 SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Inyoni Rocks, Amazimtoti , KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 Kei River Mouth, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Off Charleston, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1943
📍 North shore of Rey Island, Las Perlas archipelago, Gulf of Panama, PANAMA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 22º08'S : 178º06'W, Near the Fiji Islands, PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Victim was on said to be on tanker that collided off Florida coast on 10-20-1943, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 Tyrrhenian Sea, 40 miles south of Naples, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1943
📍 Sines, PORTUGAL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1943
📍 PACIFIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 40 miles off Islamorada, near Cay Sal, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1943
📍 68 miles east of Wallis Island, CENTRAL PACIFIC
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 Villa del Mar Beach, Veracruz, Veracruz, MEXICO
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 68 miles east of Wallis Island, CENTRAL PACIFIC
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1943
📍 Triabunna, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 3 miles from shore off McGregor Point, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 1943
📍 INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Off Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 North Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 SIERRA LEONE
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Near the Abrolhos Archipelago , BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1943
📍 Midway Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 River Tigris, IRAQ
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1943
📍 Villa del Mar Beach, Veracruz, Veracruz, MEXICO
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Northwest of Papua New Guinea, PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1943
📍 Midway Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1943
📍 Midway, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1942
📍 50 km off St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942
📍 Off Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Battle of Guadalcanal, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942
📍 Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Bantry Bay, near Ironstone Point, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 Bound from Cape Town for St. Helena, INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 North of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands while enroute to Vanuatu, SOLOMON ISLANDS / VANUATU
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Off Savo Island, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 04.05N-13.23W, ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Between Hawaii and U.S.A., PACIFIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 Off South American coast
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Clifton, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942
📍 360 miles north of Ascension Island, ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Trinity Beach, 17 km northwast of Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Cape Esperance (near Savo Islands), Makora-Ulawa Province, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Southwestern Pacific Base, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 BRAZIL
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 BAY OF BENGAL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Savona, Liguria, ITALY
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1942
📍 Great Barrier Reef, off Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1942
📍 300 nm from shore, West of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), INDIAN OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 30 nm southeast of Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Province, CUBA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 300 miles east of St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 George’s River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Midway Atoll, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Fairy Bower, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Bull Shark Attack - 1942
📍 Egg Rock, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Simon’s Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1942
📍 Off Big Friar Island, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1942
📍 Fairy Bower, near North Steyne, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Simon's Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1942
📍 2 kilometres off Sagay, Camiguin Island, PHILIPPINES
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Surabaya, East Java, INDONESIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Unknown Location
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1942
📍 Anchored off the largest island in the group, Cay Sal Bank, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1942
📍 (Southwestern Pacific), MID-PACIFC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1942
📍 Unknown Location
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1942
📍 Bella Vista Beach, Panama City, PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1942
📍 SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1941
📍 Carnarvon, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1941
📍 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1941
📍 North of Pernambuco, Brazil, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1941
📍 Off Libya, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Shark Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 1941
📍 Off Libya, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1941
📍 125 nm north of Aruba, CARIBBEAN SEA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1941
📍 Brielle, Monmouth County (Offshore), New Jersey, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1941
📍 Sullivan's Island at entrance to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1941
📍 Nankuli, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1941
📍 15 miles south of Jones Inlet, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1941
📍 Montauk, New York, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1941
📍 Parramata River, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 750 miles off the African coast, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 1941
📍 Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1941
📍 Wollongong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Off Sierra Leone, In Convoy OB 274, SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Bogue (near Falmouth), Trelawney Province, JAMAICA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Between Esmeraldas & Salinas, Off coast of Ecuador, PACIFIC OCEAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1941
📍 ATLANTIC OCEAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Munda, New Georgia, SOLOMON ISLANDS
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1941
📍 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1941
📍 Gaire Village, between Rigo & Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1941
📍 Ahvaz, on the Karun River, Khuzestan Province, IRAN
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1940
📍 Double Island Beach, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1940
📍 Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1940
📍 Otoque Island, Panama Bay (Pacific Ocean), PANAMA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1940
📍 Folly Beach, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1940
📍 Darwin, Northern Territory, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1940
📍 Inyoni Rocks, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1940
📍 Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1940
📍 Folly Beach, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1940
📍 Danger Pool, Winkelspruit, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🔴 Fatal Wading Attack - 1940
📍 North Brighton, Botany Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 1940
📍 Gerringong, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1940
📍 Brisbane River, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1940
📍 Inyoni Rocks, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Boating Attack - 1940
📍 Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1940
📍 North Brighton, Botany Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1940
📍 Surfers Paradise, near Southport, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1940
📍 Kidd's Beach, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1940
📍 Kerema , Western Papuan Gulf, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1940
📍 Warner Beach, South Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 1940
📍 Malagil, Barrier Reef, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 1940
📍 Bagalina, North coast Misima Island, Bwagaoia, NEW GUINEA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1940
📍 Koper, Adriatic Sea, SLOVENIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 1940
📍 Kowie River Mouth, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1940
📍 Winkelspruit, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA