Map: where have sharks attacked people in Australian waters?

The North Coast of NSW has had nine unprovoked shark attacks this year, more than half of all attacks in Australia. Where else have shark attacks occurred?

The NSW North Coast has seen more than half of all unprovoked shark attacks so far in 2015, including one death and three injuries. Some other people have escaped without injury.

"Unprovoked" attacks are ones where people attract sharks, intentionally or not, with acts like fishing and diving.

Since 1995 some 34 people across Australia have died from shark attacks, an average of between one and two people per year.

That may sound terrifying to some people, but you are far more likely to be accidentally suffocated or strangulated in bed (13 deaths in 2013), or die from a fall involving a chair (29 deaths in 2013).

Yet, shark attacks have left people scared to enter the water on the north coast of NSW.

Explore the approximate locations of shark attacks with this interactive map.