The 2022 Shark Attack Map features locations and information on shark bites and attacks around the world for the year 2022.
When compared to the amount of humans in the ocean each day, shark attacks and bites are actually quite rare. The majority of shark attacks involve minor injuries and occur off the Atlantic coast of Florida, where the water is rough and bait fish feed.
Each year there are several fatal encounters. These are normally in areas where larger sharks, like the great white shark live.The large bite radius of bigger sharks, can cause significant trauma and result in rapid blood loss.
Most ocean goers will never have an encounter with a shark. Despite the low odds of having a negative shark encounter, there are several things that you can do to help prevent an incident. For more information and tips visit Shark Attack Prevention.
A list view of shark attack bites occurring in 2022
As of Dec. 21, there have been 91 shark attack bites in 2022 (9 fatal shark attacks, 16 provoked) publicly reported and verified.
There have been 51 shark attack bite in the US in 2022 (25 Florida, 6 Hawaii, 4 California, 6 New York, 5 South Carolina). 5 provoked and one fatal (Hawaii).
There have been 15 shark attack bites in Australia in 2022. Zero provoked and 1 fatal.
Twenty-five shark attack bites have been reported in Florida in 2022. Three provoked and zero fatal.
There have been 6 shark attacks bites in Hawaii (1 fatal shark attack). None of which are considered provoked
Shark attacks by location in Australia:
Western Australia: 6 (0 no injury, 1 provoked), Fatal: 0, Unconfirmed: 0.
Northern Territory: 0 (0 no injury, 0 provoked), Fatal: 0, Unconfirmed 0.
Queensland: 0 (0 no injury, 0 provoked), Fatal: 0, Unconfirmed 0.
New South Wales: 8 (0 no injury, 0 provoked), Fatal: 1, Unconfirmed 0.
South Australia: 0 (0 no injury, 0 provoked), Fatal: 0, Unconfirmed 0.
Victoria: 1 (0 no injury, 0 provoked), Fatal: 0, Unconfirmed 0.
*Spearfishing, feeding sharks, fishing, etc. are considered provoked and listed with a green marker.
**Count does not include possible scavenges
The 2022 Shark Attack Map is best viewed in desktop mode.
MOBILE USERS: The 2022 Shark Attack Map can be opened in full screen mode by clicking the button to expand in the top right of the map. Select Legend on the left side of the 2022 Shark Attack Map to see the list of names and dates along with location and link to more information. Press legend again on mobile to collapse the legend.
Tracking Sharks uses direct local sources and witness reports whenever possible. Due to occasional language barriers and unique locale location names, it is not possible in all cases to find exact locations of shark attacks bites. In such cases, Tracking Sharks will post as close to the believed area as possible. If you see any corrections, please feel free to contact Tracking Sharks.
Previous Shark Attack Maps can be found based on the year 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 , 2014 and 2013 .