shark encounters, 1700 to 2024
Every mote here is one documented shark encounter from the Global Shark Attack File. Packed together, they take the shape of a dorsal fin cutting the surface. Pale motes are encounters someone survived. The deeper red motes, scattered through the fin like the danger held inside it, were fatal.
Time runs up the fin: the oldest encounters settle near the waterline at its base, the most recent ride near the tip. Move your pointer (or tap) onto a mote to brighten it and read the year, place, activity, outcome, and species.