7 Beaches With Most Shark Attack In the World

VoxPop – Beach is a beautiful place with coconut trees, white sand, and surfers for perfect waves. Millions of people around the world enjoy the beach during their vacations and for recreational opportunities every day such as swimming, fishing, sunbathing, collecting shells, running, counting grains of sand, and dozens of other activities.

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But beaches have a dark side too such as beaches can be a dangerous recreation area due to shark attacks, high waves, or etc.

1. Second Beach, Port St. Johns, South Africa

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Second Beach, Port St. Johns, Afrika Selatan

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Second Beach in Port St. Johns is a delightful getaway destination on South Africa's majestic Transkei coast. Unfortunately, in recent years Second Beach has gained a reputation as the most dangerous beach in South Africa. This is because there have been eight shark attacks in five years against surfers and swimmers.

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The species claimed responsibility for the horrible incident at Second Beach is the Zambezi shark which is known as the bull shark in other parts of the world. Bull sharks can grow to 2.5 meters (8 feet) and have a reputation for aggressive behavior. They are known to bite almost anything they find in the water, such as the tiger shark.

2. New Smyrna Beach, Florida

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Pantai Smyrna Baru, Florida

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New Smyrna Beach located in Volusia County, Florida, USA has a high number of cases of surfers and marine swimmers throughout the year, with an average of 9 shark bites/year. Juvenile fishes will swim north along the Florida coast in annual migrations involving millions of animals.

They are followed by many predators, among them seabirds and sharks. Fortunately, most of the sharks that follow baitfish in New Smyrna are also juveniles at 2 meters or 6 feet or less in length.

3. Boa Viagem Beach, Recife, Brazil

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Boa Viagem in Recife, in the tropical state of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil. Boa Viagem is a very popular beach in the center of Recife, a city of two million people.

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It is estimated that there have been more than 50 recorded shark attacks in the last 20 years on this beach, the majority of which were fatal. As a result, Boa Viagem has actually banned surfing and swimming in water more than one meter (39 inches) deep since 1999. Most incidents are attributed to Bull sharks and Tiger sharks.