One minor shark bite reported in New Smyrna Beach in September

September record

One shark bite was reported in New Smyrna Beach during September 2026.

The incident occurred Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, while a man was surfing in the 2000 block of North The Beach. The report was made shortly after 11 a.m. When Beach Safety personnel arrived, they found the man’s right foot bandaged.

The injury was classified as minor. The man declined medical treatment and left the scene. No name or age was provided in the incident record.

What is known

The activity at the time of the bite was surfing, and the injury was to the right foot. The shark species was not confirmed. The available record does not provide further details about the encounter, including conditions in the water or how the bite occurred.

This recap therefore records the event only as a shark bite involving a surfer in New Smyrna Beach, without assigning a species or adding circumstances not documented in the report.

Local count

For September, the New Smyrna Beach total was one reported bite, with a minor injury and no medical treatment accepted at the scene.

That count applies specifically to New Smyrna Beach. It should not be read as a total for Volusia County, which also includes other coastal communities such as Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach Shores, Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach. No incidents from those places are included in this New Smyrna Beach recap.