Natgeo wild

When Sharks Attack

Monday 10.00pm

Cert 16

Natgeo wild

When Sharks Attack

Monday 10.00pm

Cert 16

WHEN TO WATCH

Monday 29 May at 10.00pm
Paradise In Peril (Season 8)
Tuesday 30 May at 12.00am
North Florida Frenzy (Season 7)
Tuesday 30 May at 02.00pm
Carnage In California (Season 8)

Synopsis

From America’s coastline to exotic beaches around the world, the number of reported shark attacks has increased in the last half century. Many of the attacks are popping up in new and surprising locations. Nat Geo WILD investigates these attacks to see what is affecting some of nature’s most feared fish.

Episodes

Season 8

Season 8
Season 7
Season 6
Season 5
Season 4
Season 3
Season 2
Season 1
Extra

Carnage In California
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Carnage in California: Los Angeles is shocked by four shark attacks in just four months. Experts search for clues to find out if there might be more shark attacks ahead. U (S8, ep 1)
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Tuesday 30 May at 02.00pm
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Hawaiian Night Fright
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Hawaiian Night Fright: Experts search for clues to explain a spike of three bizarre and bloody shark encounters that occurred in Hawaii's Molokai Channel in 2019. U (S8, ep 2)
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Wednesday 31 May at 02.00pm
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Space Coast Scare
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Space Coast Scare: In 2003, 10 shark attacks off Florida's Space Coast leave swimmers and surfers reeling. Investigators race to uncover the cause before it's too late. U. (S8, ep 3)
Twice Bitten
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Twice Bitten: Two unlucky ocean lovers defy the odds when each of them is attacked twice by sharks. Experts look for clues to connect the rare attacks. U. (S8, ep 4)
Gulf Fear
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Gulf Fear: Gulf Shores in Alabama is an idyllic beach town and fishing haven, but this slice of paradise has a dark side: a history of shocking shark attacks. U. (S8, ep 5)
Paradise In Peril
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Paradise in Peril: In 2018, the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas were hit by three shark attacks in just thirty-nine days, terrifying both vacationers and islanders. U. (S8, ep 6)
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Chaos In California
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Chaos in California: In 2009, a mysterious increase in shark bites around San Diego left locals stunned and scientists searching for answers. RATING: NU12 (S7, ep 4)
North Florida Frenzy
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North Florida Frenzy: In 2015 and 2016, twelve shark attacks take place on Jacksonville's beaches. Experts attempt to understand why this happened. (S7, ep 5)
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Tuesday 30 May at 12.00am
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Devastation Down Under
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Devastation Down Under: Fear grips Australia when sharks terrorise the coastal community of New South Wales after seventeen people are attacked in one year. RATING: NU12 (S7, ep 6)
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Four Strike Summer
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Four Strike Summer: The beaches of North Carolina are the site of four shark attacks, and experts are determined to find out why. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 11)
Gulf Coast Reckoning
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Gulf Coast Reckoning: Shark attacks are causing panic along the Gulf as harrowing incidents in Florida and Texas leave experts scrambling for answers. RATING: NU16 (S1, ep 6)
10 Minutes Of Terror
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10 Minutes of Terror: In just 10 minutes, there were four shark attacks on Myrtle Beach. Now, experts search for answers to why this terrible saga took place. RATING: NU12 (S6, ep 12)
Trouble In Paradise
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Trouble in Paradise: The Bahamas is a dream vacation destination. However, for some, the dream quickly becomes a nightmare. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 2)
Red Terror
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Red Terror: In 2010, a tropical resort paradise in Egypt turned into a nightmare when sharks attacked five times in less than a week, killing once. RATING: NU12 (S6, ep 13)
Tiger Shark Terror
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Tiger Shark Terror: The tiger shark is the second deadliest species to humans, behind only the great white. Here, experts try to find out why tiger sharks attack. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 3)
Cape Terror
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Cape Terror: For the last two decades the beaches of South Africa have been hit by 27 shark attacks, and experts set out to learn why. RATING: NU12 (S6, ep 14)
Carolina Dread
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Carolina Dread: Shark attacks in North and South Carolina threaten beachgoers and way of life for coastal communities. The mystery behind the attacks must be solved. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 4)
Tropical Terror
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Tropical Terror: From 2013 to 2015, the tropical beaches of Hawaii were the site of nine shark attacks. Now, experts are determined to reveal the cause. RATING: NU12 (S6, ep 15)
Most Shocking Spike
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Most Shocking Spike: The Jersey Shore 1916 attacks inspired the most infamous shark story in history, Jaws, but the real-life tale is even more terrifying. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 5)
Blood In The Water
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Blood in the Water: In one week in 2019, the beaches of the Bahamas are rocked by three shark attacks, prompting experts to investigate. RATING: NU12 (S6, ep 16)

World's Shark Capital
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World's Shark Capital: Why is Florida the "shark attack capital of the world"? Experts race to find answers as to why sharks to bite more people here than anywhere else on Earth. (S5, ep 5)
Terror In The Gulf
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Terror in the Gulf: Texas may be best known for its wide-open plains, but it also has many beaches and many sharks, and in 2010 and 2011 the sharks attacked. (S6, ep 1)
Terror In The Gulf
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Terror in the Gulf: The Gulf's waters are usually safe. But in 2010, everything changed. Six attacks left beachgoers fearing for their lives. Experts take a closer look. (S5, ep 1)
Shark Bite State, The
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The Shark Bite State: Part of Florida's coastline has been titled 'the shark attack capital of the world', with 200 attacks recorded since 1800. Why is this? (S6, ep 2)
The Shark Bite State
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Experts head to 'the shark capital of the world', a small stretch of Florida's coastline where humans are more likely to be bitten by a shark than anywhere else on the planet. (S5, ep 2)
New England Nightmare
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New England Nightmare: Shark attacks in Cape Cod have exploded, including the first shark fatality in more than 80 years. Can experts get to the bottom of this terrifying spike? (S5, ep 6)
Honeymoon Hell *on Hiatus Pending Viewer Complaint*
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Honeymoon Hell: The government calls in the experts when two deadly shark attacks in just two weeks rocks the idyllic paradise of the Seychelles. (S5, ep 3)
Double Shark Attack
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Double Shark Attack: La Réunion has been nicknamed 'shark island' after 23 shark attacks took place on its shores. Investigators are racing to figure out why. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 4)
Double Shark Attack
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Double Shark Attack: Experts step in to help when 23 shark attacks in one year turn the tropical paradise of Reunion into one of the world's deadliest islands. (S5, ep 4)
Jersey Gore
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Jersey Gore: The first ever spate of shark attacks on the Jersey Shore leaves four beachgoers dead, and a nation terrified. So, why did they happen? RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 5)
Jersey Gore
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Jersey Gore: People in Jersey Shore thought sharks were harmless until they attacked five people in 12 days in 1916. What caused the sudden spate? Experts investigate. (S5, ep 5)
Trouble In Socal
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Trouble in SoCal: Southern California is the site of twelve shocking shark attacks in just two years. Experts race to find the cause behind this frightening spike. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 6)
Trouble In Socal
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Trouble in Socal: Experts investigate Southern California's alarming spike in shark attacks in 2014 and 2015, finding a surprising reason behind the sudden spate. (S5, ep 6)
Bedlam In Brazil
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Bedlam in Brazil: Since the '90s, there have been more than 60, often fatal, shark attacks within the Recife area of Brazil. The question is, why? RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 7)
Bedlam In Brazil
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Bedlam in Brazil: The shore surrounding Recife is one of the world's most dangerous spots for shark attacks. But why? The answer will rock holiday destinations across the globe. (S5, ep 7)
Australia's Deadliest Coast
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Australia's Deadliest Coast: In 2010 the number of shark attacks in Western Australia exploded. Join the experts as they try to identify the cause of this change. RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 8)
Australia's Deadliest Coast
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Australia's Deadliest Coast: After years of harmony with humans, sharks struck Western Australia's coast in 2010. What caused such a sudden change in behaviour? Experts dive in. (S5, ep 8)
Fear In Fire Island
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Fear In Fire Island: New Smyrna Beach in Florida has the most recorded shark attacks in the world. What is it that attracts sharks to this coastline? RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 9)
Nightmare On The Cape
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Nightmare on the Cape: In 2017 and 2018, three Cape Cod beachgoers are attacked by sharks, and one of them is killed. Why did these awful events take place? RATING: NU16 (S6, ep 10)

World's Deadliest Beach
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World's Deadliest Beach: Dubbed 'the world's deadliest beach', Port St Johns in South Africa has seen ten shark attacks in eight years. Experts investigate the mysterious spate. (S4, ep 1)
Terror Down Under
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Terror down Under: The series heads to the northern coast of New South Wales in Australia, where a string of shark attacks has left the community panicked and tourism in decline. (S4, ep 2)
Surfers Under Siege
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Surfers under Siege: Three shark attacks in just three months causes panic in Oregon. But why was there such a troubling increase? Experts take a closer look. (S4, ep 3)
Hawaiian Shockwave
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Hawaiian Shockwave: Panic reaches fever pitch in Maui when there are 16 shark attacks in two years. As experts investigate, they discover the reason was hiding in plain sight. (S4, ep 4)
Mayhem In Mexico
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Mayhem in Mexico: Experts race for answers when a shocked Cancun suffers six shark attacks in three years. Attacks have never occurred there before, so what could be the cause? (S4, ep 5)
San Francisco Slayer, The
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The San Francisco Slayer: Experts take a closer look at the strange and terrifying spate of shark attacks that stunned the rugged coastline north of San Francisco in 2004. (S4, ep 6)

Cape Jaws
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Nightmare Island
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Carolina Chaos
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Hawaiian Terror
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In Shallow Water
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Gulf Coast Killers
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Florida Frenzy
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Escaping Jaws
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Check out these true and terrifying accounts of people who looked sharks in the eye, and lived to tell the tale.
California Killer
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Tourist Traps
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Documentary exploring the reign of terror unleashed by sharks in some of the world's top tourist destinations. What's causing this deadly spate of attacks and can they be prevented?
Panic In Paradise
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World's Most Dangerous Shark
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World's Most Dangerous Shark: Big and aggressive, the bull shark is one of the most likely species to attack humans. So when a rise in activity is reported, experts begin to worry. (1 of 2)