Home > Years > 1949 1949 Shark attacks in 1949. Browse 31 documented incidents. 31 Total Incidents 9 Fatal Attacks All Incidents 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Between Cuba & Costa Rica, Caribbean Sea 🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 1949 📍 Seaholme, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, AUSTRALIA 🟡 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 Swimming Attack - 1949 📍 Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949 📍 Cosenza, Calabria, ITALY 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949 📍 Elba Island, Tuscany, ITALY 🔴 Fatal Swimming Attack - 1949 📍 Bashamir, Shatt-al-Arab River, IRAN 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1949 📍 10 miles off Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949 📍 Shatt-el-Arab River, IRAN 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Broome, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 1949 📍 Nerang River, Southpot, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1949 📍 Between Tientsin & Hong Kong, CHINA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Oketee River, Jasper County, South Carolina, USA 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Nelson's Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 1949 📍 Off North Bondi, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 18 miles south of Port Augusta, South Australia, AUSTRALIA 🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 1949 📍 Bar Beach, Newcastle , New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Miramar Beach, Tampico, Tamaulipas, MEXICO 🔴 Fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Sabara Island, Calvados Chain 11.4S, 153E, Calvados Archipelago, NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Leighton Beach, North Fremantle, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA 🟡 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 🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 1949 📍 Enang , Kavieng, New Ireland Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 1949 📍 Sohano Island, Buka Passage, Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 1949 📍 Orava (Aravo) Islet , near Kieta. , Bougainville (North Solomons), PAPUA NEW GUINEA 🟡 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