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30 Beaches in the USA with the Most Shark Attacks

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Great white breaching. Image by Mlbay via Pixabay

Here is a list of the beaches in the USA with the most shark attacks, based on data from the International Shark Attack File (ISAF):

1. New Smyrna Beach, Florida (320 Attacks)

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Image by One that didn’t get away – a Porbeagle shark by Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

2. Cocoa Beach, Florida (130 Attacks)

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Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, with open mouth. False Bay, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean. Image via Depositphotos.

3. Vero Beach, Florida (80 Attacks)

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Tiger shark swimming in the ocean. Image by Divepics via Depositphotos.

4. Daytona Beach, Florida (73 Attacks)

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Bull Shark. Image by Andaman via Depositphotos.

5. Ponce Inlet, Florida (66 Attacks)

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TIger shark in the Bahamas. Image by Divepics on Depositphotos.

6. Jacksonville Beach, Florida (56 Attacks)

Great white shark attacks a seal.
Great white shark attacks a seal. Image by SURZet via Depositphotos.

7. Horry County, South Carolina (53 Attacks)

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Great White shark while coming to you on deep blue ocean background. Image via Depositphotos.

8. Brevard County, Florida (50 Attacks)

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Tagged great white shark for conservation in the blue ocean. Image via Depositphotos.

9. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (44 Attacks)

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Thresher shark in profile, showing extremely long tail. Image by bearacreative via Depositphotos.

10. Hilton Head, South Carolina (40 Attacks)

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A hammerhead shark in Malpelo Island, Colombia. Image via Depositphotos.

11. Charleston County, South Carolina (38 Attacks)

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Shark, image by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

12. Palm Beach, Florida (37 Attacks)

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Great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. By Terry Goss, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1561215, via Wikimedia Commons.

13. St. Lucie County, Florida (35 Attacks)

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Great white shark with mouth open during attack. Image by SURZet via Depositphotos.

14. Gulf Shores, Alabama (33 Attacks)

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Great White shark while coming to you on deep blue ocean background. Image via Depositphotos.

15. Volusia County, Florida (32 Attacks)

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Great White Shark swimming close to the ocean surface scoping out its surroundings. Image by Oleksandr Sushko via Unsplash.

16. Folly Beach, South Carolina (30 Attacks)

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Great white shark breaching. Image by Alex Steyn on Unsplash.

17. Hunting Island, South Carolina (28 Attacks)

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Great white Shark Swimming. Image by Gerald Schömbs on Unsplash.

18. Brunswick, Georgia (26 Attacks)

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Great white Shark Swimming. Image by Gerald Schömbs on Unsplash.

19. Fort Lauderdale, Florida (24 Attacks)

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Great white shark, South Africa. Image via Depositphotos.

20. Santa Monica, California (23 Attacks)

Great white shark in the deep ocean.
Great white shark in the deep ocean. Image by Elias Levy, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

21. Galveston, Texas (21 Attacks)

Hammerhead Shark.
Hammerhead Shark. Image via Depositphotos.

22. Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina (20 Attacks)

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Shark. Image by Oleksandr Sushko via Unsplash.

23. Surf City, North Carolina (18 Attacks)

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Shark. Image by Alex Steyn via Unsplash.

24. Topsail Island, North Carolina (17 Attacks)

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Great white shark. Image by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

25. Virginia Beach, Virginia (15 Attacks)

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Tiger shark swimming in the ocean. Image by Divepics via Depositphotos.

26. Cape Canaveral, Florida (14 Attacks)

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Great white shark in an aquarium. Image by michaelpuche via Depositphotos.

27. La Jolla, California (12 Attacks)

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Tiger Shark swimming along the ocean floor. Image via Depositphotos.

28. Outer Banks, North Carolina (11 Attacks)

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Tiger shark in the water. Image by Albert kok, Tigershark2 via Wikimedia Commons.

29. Long Beach, California (10 Attacks)

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Tiger shark. Albert Kok, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

30. Pensacola Beach, Florida (10 Attacks)

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Tiger Shark. Image via Depositphotos.
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