Shark Incidents

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

2016

Shark attacks in 2016. Browse 133 documented incidents.

133

Total Incidents

7

Fatal Attacks

All Incidents

🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Avalon State Park Beach, North Hutchinson Island, St Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Bundegi Sanctuary Zone, Ningaloo, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Keurbooms Lagoon, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Takapoto Atoll, Tuamotos, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🔴 Fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Chicuque Beac Maxixe City, Inhambane Province, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Queenscliff, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Merimbula, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Kamaole Beach Park I, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2016
📍 Trigg Beach, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Hooipa Beach Park, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Kings Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Mayport Naval Station Beach, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Booti Booti National Park, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Mayport Naval Station Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Charlie Young Beach, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Broken Head Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Guadalupe Island, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Sharpes Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Inhambane Province, MOZAMBIQUE
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Indian Beach, Ecola State Park, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Thirteenth Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Lighthouse Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Bunkers, Humboldt Bay, Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Bells Beach, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Bunbury, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Makaha, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Injidup , Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2016
📍 Ponte Vedra, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Refugio State Beach, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Diving Attack - 2016
📍 Guadalupe Island, MEXICO
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Koumac, North Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Nassau, New Providence Island, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Boucan Canot, REUNION
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2016
📍 Ponte Vedra, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blue Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Arenales del Sol, Alicante Province, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Hong Kong, CHINA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Irino Beach, Kochi Prefecture, JAPAN
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Clifton Beach, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Near Albany, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Sharpes Beach, Ballina, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Green Turtle Cay, Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2016
📍 20 k off The Spit, off the Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 8 miles off Mobile, Alabama, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 North Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2016
📍 Las Teresitas, Tenerife, Canary Islands, SPAIN
🟡 Non-fatal Lemon Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Tiger Beach, BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Surfside, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Off Gloucester, Essec County, Massachusetts, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Capitola, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Off Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Isla Providencia, COLUMBIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 North Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Palm Cove , Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Melbourne Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2016
📍 Pelican Beach Park, Satellite Beach, Brevard County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Kalapaki Beach, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2016
📍 Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Pirates Beach, Galveston, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Ryspunt, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Coral Bay, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Folly Beach, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Flagler Beach, Flagler County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Kingscliff, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Ain Sokhna, Suez, EGYPT
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 2016
📍 Mindarie, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Côte-Blanche, Nouméa , NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Neptune, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Falcon Beach, Mandurah, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Corona Del Mar, Newport, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Swimming Attack - 2016
📍 Hugenot Beach , Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Ponte Vedra, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Louisiana, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Wailea Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2016
📍 First Sun Beach, Byron Bay, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Makemo Atoll, Tuamotos, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Cormandel, North Island, NEW ZEALAND
🟡 Non-fatal Great White Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Robberg Beach, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Province, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Off Singer Island, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Balian, Bali, INDONESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Makemo Atoll, Tuamotos, FRENCH POLYNESIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Boa Vista Island, CAPE VERDE
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA
🔴 Fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Poe Beach, Grand Terre, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Snorkeling Attack - 2016
📍 Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Fort Myers Beach, Lee County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Corners Beach, Jupiter, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 North Cronulla Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Bombo Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Vero Beach, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Ocean Reef Park, Singer Island, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Bolsa Chica State Park, Orange County, California, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Wrights Bay, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
🔴 Fatal Diving Attack - 2016
📍 Dawara, Vanua Levu, FIJI
🟡 Non-fatal Nurse Shark Attack - 2016
📍 BAHAMAS
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Yate, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Ricaudy Reef, Noumea, South Province, NEW CALEDONIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Escalerio Beach Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina State, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Stingray City Bar, Grand Cayman, CAYMAN ISLANDS
🟡 Non-fatal Wading Attack - 2016
📍 Bavaro Beach, Punta Cana, Altagracia Province, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Nettley Bay, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Attack - 2016
📍 Stradbroke Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Reef Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Hams Beach, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Surfing Attack - 2016
📍 Hanalei Bay, Kauai, , Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Bull Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Off Surfside, Texas, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Wailea Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
🟡 Non-fatal Mako Shark Attack - 2016
📍 35 miles off Fujairah, Fujairah Emirate, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
🟡 Non-fatal Wobbegong Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Happy Valley Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Tiger Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Estaleirinho beach, Balneário Camboriú, BRAZIL
🟡 Non-fatal Fishing Attack - 2016
📍 Miall Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
🟡 Non-fatal Blacktip Shark Attack - 2016
📍 Heron Island, Queensland, AUSTRALIA