Hundreds of Shark Bites, Zero Deaths, and the Science Behind It

A recent shark bite in Volusia County, Florida—reported by WKMG-TV News 6—has renewed attention on an area widely described as the “Shark Bite Capital of the World.” On Saturday, July 25, 2026, a 21-year-old man was bitten by a shark near Daytona Beach Shores. He suffered injuries to his foot and ankle and was released from the hospital two days later. Despite hundreds of unprovoked bites reported in Volusia County since the 1880s, the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) says there has never been a fatal attack there. The article attributes many incidents to minor bumps between swimmers and juvenile sharks in murky, high-visitor coastal waters.