New Smyrna Beach ranked as the most dangerous ... dangerous beach with 13 surf zone fatalities, 17 shark attacks and 126 hurricanes. The chart below shows the other nine dangerous beaches in ...

New Smyrna Beach is commonly known as the "shark bite capital of the world" because of the high number of incidents. In 2023, there were 69 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, according to the ...

New Smyrna Beach is infamously known as the "Shark Bite Capital of the World," with over 300 recorded bites since the 1880s. In 2023, they reported eight shark bites, which was half of Florida’s ...