Bitten on the left foot while wading

Moderate
Date
July 25, 2026
Location
Daytona Beach Shores
Activity
wading
Age band
20s

A 21-year-old Georgia man was wading in waist-deep water in front of the Dunlawton Beach Approach just before 5:30 p.m. when a shark bit his left foot and ankle. The shark was estimated to be about 4 feet long. Beach Safety personnel treated him at the scene, and he was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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