Blue Line Moving owner John Rourke and Wounded Veterans Relief Fund Executive Director Michael Durkee discuss 'Dive for Freedom,' which takes veterans on dives with sharks for Independence Day. Florida waters have worn the crown as the king of shark attacks for the last decade. There have been 259 shark bites in the Sunshine State since 2012, according to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF).
The only other states that recorded enough shark attacks to even be a footnote on the list are Hawaii and South Carolina, with 76 and 49, respectively. A study by a law firm incorporated shark bites in a report that rated the most dangerous beaches in the United States . SHARK WATCH: TRIATHLETE DRAGGED UNDERWATER, ATTACKED 4 TIMES AT ONCE: ‘YOU DON’T HAVE AN ARM.
..WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?' A great white shark swims in the waters off of California.
(Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Not surprisingly, the top 10 most dangerous beaches are all in Florida, according to Simmrin Law's report, and 24 of the top 25 are Sunshine State shores. Only Myrtle Beach, South Carolina , broke into the top 25. That location had 24 surf zone deaths and shark attacks, as well as 33 hurricanes, according to Fox Tampa.
SHARK WATCH: ATTACK SURVIVOR REMEMBERS BEING TRAPPED 'IN A FEEDING FRENZY' The experts also took into account other dangers, such as hurricanes and rip tides, and graded the country's most dangerous beaches. The higher the score out of 100, the more dangerous the.