According to Florida Museum shark bite data, Florida had the most shark bites of any state.
Florida recorded 11 shark bites in 2025, below the five-year average of 18 per year.
The Museum said Volusia County on Florida’s east coast is known as the shark-bite capital of the world, accounting for six shark-bite incidents in Florida.
In June 2025, Tampa Bay 28 reporter Mary O'Connell interviewed a 9-year-old girl and her mother, who survived a shark attack in Boca Grande.
In our area, Pinellas (13), Manatee (5), and Sarasota (7) Counties have recorded shark bites since the museum began collecting data in 1882.
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