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Shark sighting log

The sightings listed here are compiled from third parties from information given to fisheries officers. They are seldom verified or confirmed and no responsibility is taken for the accuracy of the information and we do not guarantee that the information on this website represents all known shark sightings.

The shark sightings recorded on this site do not necessarily indicate the presence or absence of sharks in any particular area or at a certain time and recorded sightings may not be specifically accurate, valid or useful.

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Identifier codes

P - Report from member of the public
R - Surf Life Saving South Australia
S - Report from South Australia Police
A - Report from Abalone Divers Association
W - White Sharks Count program (including sighting ID number) – these reports are provided some time after the sighting date

Sightings

Report a shark sighting via the online form.

1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020 (82 reports)

2020

Date of Sighting Time of Sighting Date of Report Time of Report Sighting Location Shark Species Identifier
31 Dec 2020 11:59pm 31 Dec 2020 2:06pm 500 m largs bay jetty Bronze Whaler P
31 Dec 2020 11:59pm 31 Dec 2020 4:19pm Henley Jetty Unknown P
31 Dec 2020 11:59pm 31 Dec 2020 6:06pm Sommerton surf life saving club Bronze Whaler P
31 Dec 2020 11:59pm 31 Dec 2020 2:07pm tennyson beach Bronze Whaler P
31 Dec 2020 11:59pm 31 Dec 2020 4:56pm Off Tennyson Beach Bronze Whaler P
31 Dec 2020 11:59pm 07 Jan 2021 6:05pm moana beach, 3 sharks. 2 50 m off shore and another 100 m.. 2 heading south. up to 2 meters long each. 4 people in water swimming who exited when siren sounded Unknown P
30 Dec 2020 11:59pm 30 Dec 2020 4:53pm Tennyson Beach Bronze Whaler P
30 Dec 2020 11:59pm 30 Dec 2020 4:12pm 4km south of Semaphore Jetty Bronze Whaler P
30 Dec 2020 11:59pm 30 Dec 2020 6:04pm 30m out for the normanville boat ramp Unknown P
29 Dec 2020 11:59pm 29 Dec 2020 3:55pm Maslin Beach Approx 30 meters from shore, swiming parrell to the shores in a southernly direction Bronze Whaler P
29 Dec 2020 11:59pm 29 Dec 2020 5:59pm 30m off shore from moana beach reported by hardwick shark patrol Bronze Whaler P
29 Dec 2020 11:59pm 29 Dec 2020 3:43pm Normanville - just off South Shores Holiday Park Bronze Whaler P
28 Dec 2020 11:59pm 28 Dec 2020 2:33pm Grange Jetty Bronze Whaler P
28 Dec 2020 11:59pm 28 Dec 2020 6:03pm Between Henley Jetty and Grange Jetty Bronze Whaler P
28 Dec 2020 11:59pm 28 Dec 2020 2:15pm 1.5 kilometres of Sellicks, a helicopter called into surf life saving SA, they were unable to identify direction of travel Bronze Whaler P
27 Dec 2020 11:59pm 27 Dec 2020 12:45pm Sellicks Beach near the boat ramp Unknown P
27 Dec 2020 11:59pm 27 Dec 2020 5:00pm Kangaroo Island, Vivonne Bay Jetty White Shark P
26 Dec 2020 9:00am 26 Dec 2020 1:40pm Eastern end of Sellicks Beach 25m off shore, 2m shark, maybe a big port jackson Port Jackson Shark P
26 Dec 2020 11:59pm 26 Dec 2020 4:58pm 500 meters off shore autum rd in seaford Bronze Whaler P
26 Dec 2020 11:59pm 26 Dec 2020 1:54pm Tunkalilla beach Bronze Whaler P
26 Dec 2020 11:59pm 26 Dec 2020 2:33pm Normanville, 200m south of the jetty Unknown P
26 Dec 2020 11:59pm 26 Dec 2020 2:17pm Port Willunga Beach Bronze Whaler P
25 Dec 2020 11:59pm 25 Dec 2020 2:08pm there is a group of sharks South of normanville beach. It is 20 to 30 meteres off shark. There a 3 sharks (2 to 3 meters in length) Bronze Whaler P
25 Dec 2020 11:59pm 25 Dec 2020 6:15pm 20 metres north of Henley beach jetty Bronze Whaler P
25 Dec 2020 11:59pm 25 Dec 2020 2:34pm esplanade port noarlunga south Bronze Whaler P
25 Dec 2020 11:59pm 25 Dec 2020 2:44pm a mile south of the henley beach jetty. heading north towards the jetty. 100 meter towards the shoreline Bronze Whaler P
24 Dec 2020 11:59pm 24 Dec 2020 12:36pm 100m North of Grange Jetty Unknown P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 4:19pm Grange jetty Bronze Whaler P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 2:20pm 5 to 10 metres from Adelaide shore in WEst beach Unknown P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 2:42pm 500 metres North of Brighton Jetty Unknown P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 11:22am lady bay - south of normanville Bronze Whaler P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 4:51pm 100 m grange jetty 20m off shore Bronze Whaler P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 4:49pm 3m shark was seen 300m north of the Hanley Jetty and 50m out. Unknown P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 2:31pm Moana Surf Club - 20m offshore Bronze Whaler P
23 Dec 2020 11:59pm 23 Dec 2020 2:53pm Yankalilla Bay Bronze Whaler P
22 Dec 2020 11:59pm 22 Dec 2020 3:57pm Port Willunga Bronze Whaler P
22 Dec 2020 11:59pm 22 Dec 2020 1:59pm semaphore jetty approx 15 meteres off shore Unknown P
22 Dec 2020 3:30pm 22 Dec 2020 3:37pm Wirrina Cove Marina Bronze Whaler S
21 Dec 2020 11:59pm 21 Dec 2020 4:06pm 50m off shore at moana. Heading out to see. Bronze Whaler P
21 Dec 2020 11:59pm 21 Dec 2020 5:56pm Opposite the surf life saving club near carpark area at Moana beach, about 100 metres off shore, about 2.5 metres long Unknown P
20 Dec 2020 11:59am 22 Dec 2020 9:02am between Stansbury and Pt Vincent, Yorke Peninsula White Shark P
20 Dec 2020 11:28am 20 Dec 2020 11:41am murray mouth goolwa channel White Shark S
20 Dec 2020 12:00pm 22 Dec 2020 9:34am Shacks between Port Vincent and Stansbury. 2x Great white sharks. White Shark P
20 Dec 2020 11:59pm 21 Dec 2020 2:40pm normanville beach Bronze Whaler P
19 Dec 2020 3:15pm 19 Dec 2020 3:43pm esplanade victor harbour Unknown S
19 Dec 2020 2:22pm 19 Dec 2020 2:33pm Maslin Beach, about 100 metres off shore Unknown S
18 Dec 2020 3:30pm 18 Dec 2020 3:34pm South end of Normanville Beach Unknown S
06 Dec 2020 1:30pm 10 Dec 2020 9:26am S36°00.220 E136° 36.321 Kangaroo Island. Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park. Sewer Beach. White Shark P
04 Dec 2020 8:00pm 08 Dec 2020 1:10pm Henley beach jetty. Fisherman hooked shark then dragged onto shore. He released it back into the ocean. I have a video clip of the shark Unknown P
27 Nov 2020 9:00am 27 Nov 2020 2:23pm Approx 3km off Corny Point in 40 feet of water. Unknown P
15 Nov 2020 2:24pm 15 Nov 2020 2:45pm 50m off Lady Bay Bronze Whaler S
08 Nov 2020 1:04pm 08 Nov 2020 1:30pm Henley Beach Unknown S
08 Nov 2020 3:30pm 08 Nov 2020 5:42pm 200m north of the grange jetty and 200m off shore. Bronze Whaler S
02 Nov 2020 11:30pm 03 Nov 2020 10:41am Christies Beach -35.135029, 138.468663 Unknown P
01 Nov 2020 12:00pm 18 Nov 2020 11:10am Fence line, Farm Beach White Shark P
22 Oct 2020 11:30am 22 Oct 2020 1:57pm Spencer Gulf, Port Augusta, 200m south of the Yacht club Unknown R
24 Sep 2020 8:15am 29 Sep 2020 2:16pm Stansbury, York Peninsular, South Australia, approx 500- 600 mtrs in the bay directly in front of the township in 3.5-4mtrs of water. White Shark P
30 Aug 2020 12:47pm 30 Aug 2020 12:20pm Goldsmith Beach (looking at Sam Kellett memorial) approx 200-250m foff shore we saw a light grey pointy fin emerge, initially thought could be dolphins but saw the fin emerge a couple of times and it was much pointer, considering the size of the fin and shark potentially a white pointer over 3-4m long Unknown P
29 Aug 2020 3:40pm 29 Aug 2020 3:59pm 200 meters off shore of North Haven beach close to the southern outer habor break water White Shark S
16 Aug 2020 4:17am 14 Aug 2020 3:11pm Goolwa beach, caught 11ft 7 gill shark. realsed and swam off. Sevengill Shark P
12 Aug 2020 3:15am 12 Aug 2020 7:20pm Glenelg Beach Unknown P
24 Jun 2020 4:18pm 29 Jun 2020 8:00am Point Avoid in Coffin Bay National park White Shark A
12 Jun 2020 12:00pm 12 Jun 2020 12:46pm Riddoch Bay about 1nm to sea White Shark P
10 Jun 2020 12:00am 12 Jun 2020 11:43am Between Price & Golden Islands White Shark A
27 Apr 2020 3:00pm 30 Apr 2020 9:20am NW side of Pt Blanche near Sceale Bay. White Shark A
15 Apr 2020 1:30pm 15 Apr 2020 2:14pm Directly of largs bay inline with old police training academy about 2km offshore White Shark P
19 Mar 2020 12:00pm 20 Mar 2020 2:11pm THE WATCHERS near ELLISTON White Shark A
18 Mar 2020 12:00pm 18 Mar 2020 4:49pm Hotspot off ELLISTON White Shark A
17 Mar 2020 12:00pm 17 Mar 2020 9:00pm Fence Line, Gallipoli Beach White Shark A
12 Mar 2020 10:30am 17 Mar 2020 5:22pm 1km east of Black Pole, Outer Harbor, Adelaide White Shark P
29 Feb 2020 3:00pm 29 Feb 2020 3:10pm 10m off shore, 100m north of Wirrina Cove boat ramp. Not moving in any particular direction. Bronze Whaler S
28 Feb 2020 2:45pm 28 Feb 2020 2:51pm HALLET COVE CONSERVATION PARK - 5 METRES OFF SHORE, HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS PORT NOARLUNGA BEACH Bronze Whaler F
25 Feb 2020 11:35am 25 Feb 2020 11:46am 10m out from West Beach boat ramp Bronze Whaler R
24 Feb 2020 10:25am 24 Feb 2020 10:39am BETWEEN THE WEST BEACH CARAVAN PARK AND THE BOAT RAMP. 100 METRES OF SHORE AND HEADING NORTH Bronze Whaler F
10 Feb 2020 1:15pm 10 Feb 2020 1:27pm Port Vincent, between the wharf and the kiosk - approx. 50-100m off shore at low tide White Shark S
29 Jan 2020 1:26pm 29 Jan 2020 1:33pm Point Drummond, Eyre Peninsula (area known as the Lumps). White Shark A
25 Jan 2020 10:25am 25 Jan 2020 6:51pm Port Clinton South Australia 1km off shore Wobbegong – Cobbler/Banded/Spotted P
13 Jan 2020 1:00pm 14 Jan 2020 10:09am Greenly Island which is an offshore island out from the Coffin Bay Peninsula. White Shark A
10 Jan 2020 10:40am 10 Jan 2020 11:19pm Semaphore Beach. Middle of - Semaphore -Largs Jettys (Spotlighting For Gar/Crabs Along The Beach Waist/Neck deep range ) approx exactly middle area between jetty's .. Smooth Hammerhead P
08 Jan 2020 6:45pm 11 Jan 2020 4:28pm Streaky bay Town jetty Blue Shark P
06 Jan 2020 12:20pm 06 Jan 2020 1:16pm Sellicks Beach approx. 1km offshore White Shark P
03 Jan 2020 8:30am 03 Jan 2020 2:46pm While paddling on a SUP board off Moana Beach in SA near the life saving shack, the Shark Patrol Plane circled 3x and sounded shark alarm. Everybody evacuated the water. Unknown P

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