• Report a bug

List of all shark attacks in usa

Fatal Attacks

187

Unprovoked Attacks

1788

Total Attacks

2310

There have been a total of 2310 shark attacks in USA. Out of those, 187 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 8.10%. 1788 attacks came out of the blue while 522 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
Flagler Beach, Flagler County 31-12-1993 SurfingFoot bittenNO Jeff Weakley
Waipo 30-11-1993 On 11-Jan-1994, his remains washed ashore. A 2.4 m [8'] tiger shark thought to be involvedSurfingFATALYES Daniel McMoyler
North Beach Jetty, St Lucie County 27-11-1993 Swimming"Minor cuts to left leg"NO 30yo Scott Johnson
Horners, Wailua, Kaua'i 11-11-1993 10h55Surfing, paddling shorewardsLeft leg severely bittenNO David Silva
"Bunkers" Eureka, Humboldt County 29-10-1993 16h304 m to 5 m [13' to 16.5'] white sharkSurfingSerious injury to left legNO 26yo Robert Williams
Treasure Shores Beach, Indian River County 25-10-1993 10h003 m [10'] bull sharkSwimmingThigh & hand laceratedNO 26yo Dawn Schaumann (6.5 months pregnant)
Goat Rock, Bodega Bay, Sonoma County? 09-10-1993 14h30>6 m [20'] white sharkKayakingNo Injury, Kayak holedNO 34yo Rosemary Johnson
Mouth of Wallua River, Kaua'i 30-09-1993 Tiger sharkSurfingSerious leg woundsNO
Huguenot Memorial Park, Duval County 13-09-1993 3' sharkWadingLeft foot bittenNO 19yo Arthur Quick
Little Talbot Island, Jacksonville, Duval County 08-09-1993 Left foot bittenNO 16yo Jerry McInarnay
Settings icon

Explore Shark Utopia

Be honest, when was the last time you watched a decent shark movie?