This page collects public shark-human incident records whose event year is 2019. It provides a chronological list together with classification, outcome, activity and species-confidence context.
A year page describes what is documented in the public Shark Incidents dataset; it is not a claim that every worldwide incident from 2019 has been captured. Older years are particularly affected by missing newspapers, incomplete locations, changing terminology and uncertain species identification.
Each public incident is counted once. Verification status and incident classification remain separate, and ambiguous multi-record legacy URLs are handled as grouped pages rather than being forced into one incident.
December 26, 2019 · Unprovoked · Fatal
Historical record: Ragelapara reef, Central Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Recorded date: 2019-12-26. Classification: Unprovoked.
November 22, 2019 · Provoked · Non-fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Off Barra Vieja Guerrero Mexico in 2019-11-22. Recorded activity: Fishing; handling a hooked shark. Classification: Provoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
October 29, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Off Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 2019-10-29. Classification: Unprovoked.
October 5, 2019 · Watercraft · Non-fatal
Historical record: Ship Rock near Catalina, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Recorded date: 2019-10-05. Classification: Watercraft.
August 21, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, USA. Recorded date: 2019-08-21. Classification: Unprovoked.
August 16, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Reef 40Km East Vanua Levu Fiji in 2019-08-16. Recorded activity: Spearfishing. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
July 22, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. Recorded date: 2019-07-22. Classification: Unprovoked.
June 21, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Abaco Islands, BAHAMAS. Recorded date: 2019-06-21. Classification: Unprovoked.
June 16, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Wilmington River, Chatham County, Georgia, USA. Recorded date: 2019-06-16. Classification: Unprovoked.
April 23, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
Historical record: Anaehoomalu Bay, Hawaii, Hawaii, USA. Recorded date: 2019-04-23. Classification: Unprovoked.
March 12, 2019 · Unprovoked · Non-fatal
A historical reference describes an event at Stuart Beach Martin County Florida USA, United States in 2019-03-12. Recorded activity: Boogie boarding. Classification: Unprovoked. Outcome: Non-fatal.
January 10, 2019 · Invalid · Non-fatal
Historical record: Catseye Beach, Hamilton Island, Whitsundays, Queensland, AUSTRALIA. Recorded date: 2019-01-10. Classification: Invalid.
2019 · Other · Unknown
Multiple historical incidents share this year and location URL. Each supplied record is shown separately.