This geographic category preserves access to historical references associated with Red Sea. The incident list below uses the same public database as the archive and map.
Only individually published records are counted. An empty list means that this website has no matching published records, not that no incidents ever occurred. Where a year filter is selected, only records with that supported event year are shown.
Historical dates, species identifications and locations can be uncertain. Raw counts are not a personal risk rate and do not measure swimming, surfing or boating exposure.
Matches use a stored region or the named place explicitly present in a record’s location text. They do not assign new administrative boundaries or coordinates.
March 21, 2015 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Marsa Alam, Red Sea Protectorate, EGYPT. Recorded date: 2015-03-21. Classification: Unprovoked.
September 7, 1974 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: North Beach, Eilat, Red Sea, ISRAEL. Recorded date: 1974-09-07. Classification: Unprovoked.
October 1, 1960 · Air/sea disaster · Fatal
Historical record: Enroute from Suez to Aden (Yemen), RED SEA / INDIAN OCEAN. Recorded date: 1960-10-01. Classification: Sea Disaster.