NSB Shark Bite

The log

Every recorded bite

New Smyrna Beach first, then the rest of Volusia County — the two are counted separately here, because the official figures are published county-wide. Each entry is compiled from Volusia County Beach Safety incident reports, the International Shark Attack File and published news coverage. Names and identifying details are deliberately excluded.

SINCE 18821882–1959 · The record opens1882–1959 — The record opens. The International Shark Attack File dates its Volusia County record to 1882, but publishes no year-by-year series before 1960. Bites from this period exist in the file; they are not broken out by year or by beach, so no annual figure is shown here.1960–1993 — Before the county reporting link. ISAF counts for these years are real but undercounted. Minor bites were rarely passed on to the file until 1994, when ISAF established direct reporting with Volusia County lifeguards and emergency responders — which is why the numbers step up sharply after 1993.1960 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1961 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1962 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1963 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1964 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1965 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1966 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1967 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1968 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1969 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1970 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1971 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1972 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1973 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1974 — 3 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1975 — 4 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1976 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1977 — 2 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1978 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1979 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1980 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1981 — 2 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1982 — 2 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1983 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1984 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1985 — 2 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1986 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1987 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1988 — 2 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1989 — 0 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1990 — 1 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1991 — 2 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1992 — 2 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1993 — 3 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1994 — 12 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1995 — 16 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1996 — 6 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1997 — 14 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1998 — 11 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1999 — 8 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2000 — 12 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2001 — 22 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2002 — 18 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2003 — 12 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2004 — 3 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2005 — 7 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2006 — 7 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2007 — 16 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2008 — 17 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2009 — 7 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2010 — 13 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2011 — 11 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2012 — 16 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2013 — 8 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2014 — 8 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2015 — 9 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2016 — 15 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2017 — 9 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2018 — 6 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2019 — 9 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2020 — 8 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2021 — 17 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2022 — 9 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2023 — 8 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2024 — 8 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2025 — 6 unprovoked bites, Volusia County2026 — 7 unprovoked bites, Volusia County1900192019401960198020002020PONCE DE LEON INLETNew Smyrna BeachPonce InletDaytona Beach ShoresDaytona BeachOrmond BeachATLANTICNew Smyrna Beach — 2026-09-02Daytona Beach Shores — 2026-07-25Daytona Beach Shores — 2025-07-25New Smyrna Beach — 2025-07-18New Smyrna Beach — 2025-07-06New Smyrna Beach — 2024-09-22Daytona Beach Shores — 2024-07-10Ponce Inlet — 2024-07-08New Smyrna Beach — 2024-07-06New Smyrna Beach — 2024-07-04New Smyrna Beach — 2023-09-12New Smyrna Beach — 2023-07-31Elsewhere in the county — 2022-03-14Ponce Inlet — 2021-09-09New Smyrna Beach — 2021-07-15Elsewhere in the county — 2021-06-18Daytona Beach Shores — 2021-05-06New Smyrna Beach — 2021-04-30Ponce Inlet — 2020-09-15New Smyrna Beach — 2019-07-29Elsewhere in the county — 2019-07-27New Smyrna Beach — 2016-09-18Ponce Inlet — 2010-09-03New Smyrna Beach — 1995-07-28

Placed on the map

  • New Smyrna Beach13
  • Ponce Inlet4
  • Daytona Beach Shores4
  • Elsewhere in the county3

On record

389

Unprovoked bites counted county-wide across the published annual series, 1960–2026.

The rail runs from 1882, when the file on this coast opens. Bracketed spans are years the record covers but never broke out one by one.

Every bite matching the filters below, placed along the coast. Positions are approximate to the nearest beach approach — outlets report at street or park level, not at a point in the surf. Tap a dot to open the incident. The rail to the left is a separate layer: one hairline per year of the published Volusia County count, so the map carries the full depth of the record without inventing a position for a bite nobody placed.

13 at New Smyrna Beach · 11 elsewhere in Volusia County

New Smyrna Beach

Elsewhere in Volusia County

Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach Shores, Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach. These sit inside the county tallies quoted across this site, but they did not happen at New Smyrna Beach.

Bite Alert

The moment it happens.

An email the moment a shark bite is recorded at New Smyrna Beach — the facts on file, the beach it happened on, and every outlet that reported it.

Only when it happens. A handful of times a year. One click to leave.

This record is kept by NSB Watch, a watchmaker on this beach. One of its dive watches is named the Shark Bite.