Shark attack hotspots mapped - areas with most encounters including fatal bites

Surfers and swimmers person been warned astir the world's worst spots to get successful the h2o arsenic the International Shark Attack File's representation charts wherever radical person been mauled by the beasts

Beachgoers and question chasers whitethorn privation to deliberation doubly earlier heading to immoderate of these locations.

These are the world's worst spots for shark attacks, according to information gathered connected unprovoked attacks which unveils the planet's astir unsafe formation for galeophobics - oregon so anyone inactive tense astir the h2o aft watching Steven Spielberg's Jaws.

While the fig of unprovoked attacks plummeted past year, information inactive shows determination were 88 reports of encounters with the beasts, 47 of which were unprovoked and 24 resulting successful radical being bitten. Half of each unprovoked attacks successful the US meantime occurred disconnected the seashore of 1 state.

The International Shark Attack File, tally by the Florida Museum of Natural History, shows the Sunshine State accounted for fractional of the 28 unprovoked attacks recorded successful the States, with 1 region successful peculiar of crying concern. Volusia County was fixed the undesirable rubric of shark onslaught capital, with 8 recorded attacks past twelvemonth alone.

Florida's waters are utilized arsenic a breeding crushed by blacktip sharks - a taxon known for their penchant of shallower waters and wherever juveniles are incapable to separate humans from prey. Bull sharks and tiger sharks - some taxon susceptible of attacking humans - are besides recovered successful waters astir the Panhandle.

Surfer Cole Taschman was surfing disconnected Bathtub Beach successful Stuart, Florida, successful October erstwhile helium was bitten by what's thought to person been a bull shark. Thankfully, his injuries weren't fatal but astir outgo him his legs. The experienced surfer, who was antecedently bitten 12 years earlier, told FOX that the shark's teeth "went done "like butter", leaving him needing 93 stitches.

The US already has the highest fig of attacks of immoderate country, with 4 fatal incidents past year. Surf prima and histrion Tamayo Perry was killed successful June past year aft being mauled by a shark successful Oahu, Hawaii. The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 49, had been surfing disconnected the island's North Shore adjacent Goat Island losing an limb and leg, and was tragically pronounced dormant aft lifeguards brought him to shore.

Australia comes second, with 9 unprovoked attacks past year. The country, famed for its beaches and surfing, besides counts each 13 shark taxon known to onslaught humans successful its coastal waters.

Last year, the state luckily recorded zero fatalities. That each changed nevertheless erstwhile a teenage miss was killed portion swimming disconnected Woorim Beach, northbound of Brisbane, earlier this month. Charlize Zmuda, 17, was attacked successful the waters astir Bribie Island, conscionable disconnected the mainland, receiving fatal injuries to her precocious body.

The astir unsafe taxon erstwhile it comes to the fig of attacks betwixt 2023 and 2024 was the bull shark, with 15 attacks betwixt 2023 and 2024, 2 of which were fatal. Great whites were liable for 10 attacks successful the aforesaid period, including 2 fatalities, portion tiger sharks carried retired 11, including 2 fatals.