When Sharks Attack... And Why

The 400-mile coastline from Santa Cruz to Crescent City, California, is the site of seven shark attacks in 2020 and 2021 – including the region’s first fatality in sixteen years. This sudden spate of attacks leaving locals terrified and scientists hunting for answers. What’s behind this alarming spike in attacks?

New York City is a top vacation destination for the Fourth of July, but in the weeks surrounding the holiday in 2022, visitors to New York’s beaches witness a startling spate of shark attacks. In just three weeks, Long Island is the site of six incidents, two of which occur on the same day. Experts investigate what prompted this disconcerting spike in attacks.

In 2021, a spate of seven shark attacks rocks Florida’s Treasure Coast, and beachgoers want to know why.

Beginning in 2010, a single beach in Bali was the site of seven shark attacks - the first ever recorded along the island’s coast. Why here and why now?

Every year, the number of shark attacks in Hawaii doubles in one specific month. Scientists try to solve the mysterious phenomenon of “Sharktober.”

Throughout the past decade in New South Wales, Australia, there have been 8 attacks by the mysterious wobbegong shark - more than double the number of attacks in the previous decade. This strange increase means that in this area, the wobbegong shark is second only to the great white in terms of number of attacks. Why has this once-docile predator turned menacing?

In 2016, New Caledonia sees an unprecedented five shark attacks, two of them fatal. Scientists scramble to explain this horrifying surge.

Charleston, SC is renowned as the “jewel of the south”, but during 2 summers, it’s known for something different - 5 terrifying shark attacks.