San Francisco Bay’s Red Triangle
The place is so dangerous that it has a record of 38% of all recorded great white shark attacks on humans, this place is called the “Red Triangle”. Located in Northern California, San Francisco Bay’s “Red Triangle” is comparatively a small triangular region.
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The reason why the attacks are so high is that sharks are drawn to a large population of marine animals such as elephant seals, harbor seals, sea otters, and sea lions. This place is swarming with marine mammals thus attracting the sharks. Sharks often mistake humans as marine animals as humans look like a seal above the water.
Namibia’s Skeleton Coast
Now this one is a bit creepy. It’s like something that came from a horror movie. The beach is full of skeletons of large mammals such as whales, sharks, orcas, and other big sea creatures that dwell in the sea. A lot of shipwrecks can also be spotted on this beach coast.
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Aside from the deadly waters that are full of marine animals, the land isn’t safe as well. Large predators roam the lands on the skeleton coast. Lions, Elephants, Leopards, cheetahs, and even hyenas are sighted in the Skeleton Coast. Nothing scarier than predators stalking you in both land and the sea.
Deadly Queensland
Not all deadly animals are big, some are just small but could kill you in an instant. Queensland, Australia’s beaches have problems with jellyfish. The area is plagued by thousands of small blue bottle jellyfish, which are one of the most deadly animals out there.
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These tiny sea creatures are hard to see as they are a translucent and quite hard to spot. These creatures are extremely dangerous since they have stingers all over their bodies which inject venom onto victims that have no clue. One sting can lead to severe pain, headaches, vomiting, stomach cramps, cardiac problems, and worst case scenario, death.
Overcrowded Waters
Shenzhen is a popular place located in China near the Guangdong Province. Due to its popularity, a lot of people would come to check and try to enjoy their stay in the place. But what does this have to do with becoming one of the most dangerous place in the world?
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Aside from having 8 species of sharks present in the waters of Shenzhen, the place gets overcrowded which leads to people drowning in its waters. People should really be careful when swimming, specially children. There have been reports of nine children drowning in a span of a week.
India’s Famous Alappuzha Beach
A lot of dangerous beach are caused by sea creatures. A beach in India is quite famous as it is locally known for the large and varied amount of menacing creatures that inhabit the waters. Alappuzha beach has been a tourist attraction in India for over 150 years.
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This beach hosts many festivals and events annually. But little do people know that this beach is actually one of the most dangerous beaches in the world. Creatures such as toxic Jellyfish, poisonous Pufferfish, and even the man-of-war or the blue bottle jelly fish are present in this beach and most of them have washed up on the shore countless of times already.
Russian Vicious Beach
In eastern Europe, a beach is also known for its menacing rumors. Russia’s Schitovaya Bukhta beach is close to a military base. Aside from vicious creatures lurking below the waters of Schitovaya Bukhta, this beach has been polluted by leaks of radiation coming from the nuclear submarines in the area.
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To visit this sinister beach, you have to get a special permit to enter. Despite being known as a very dangerous spot, thousands of tourist still try to apply for a permit. A lot of people have wondered why it still piques people’s interests. It’s because the beach offers superb surfing.
The Boxes of Broome Beach
Australia is famous for its wildlife. A certain beach in Australia is known for its many species of jellyfish that are present in the water. Broome Beach, a beach where Box Jellyfish are commonly sighted. Box Jellyfish are known for their venom which is quite dangerous to humans.
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A box jellyfish’s venom can cause tissue necrosis, extreme pain and can kill you within minutes after severe exposure. All throughout November to May, thousands of box jellyfish storm and overtake the area’s water. People call this as the “Wet Season”. In the past decade, there have been a total of 150 box jellyfish stings in that area alone.
Littering Beach
Now this one is quite interesting. Some beaches are known to be dangerous due to the creatures lurking beneath the sea, some are known due to the tides the sea brings, and some are because of humans who don’t have a lot of discipline. In India, a fairly known beach has an interesting tale.
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Chowpatty Beach is quite known to be the most polluted beach in the world. It is so polluted that a certain bacteria was found by scientists. In 2013, a bacteria called Fecal Bacteria was recorded in the water at levels 1455 per 100 mL, quite high above the tolerable standard which is 500 per 100 mL. Garbage wasn’t the only issue, but so are open defecation and sewage problems.
Treacherous Hawaiian Beach
Aside from sea creatures, this certain beach in hawaii is known for its powerful currents. Hawaii’s Hanakapiai beach is known and feared by locals and some tourists. Over 30 swimmers have already lost their lives in the beach’s waters, including 15 who have never been found.
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A lot of people still go there despite knowing that the place is dangerous. Hanakapiai Beach has factors that includes ginormous power waves, high tides, strong rip currents, high surfs, and dangerous shore breaks that could kill people if they are not careful enough.
The Coast In Spain
This is another beach where jellyfish are common and a danger to beachgoers. Despite from being known to have lots of jellyfish, the Costa Del Sol region is still beautiful. Tourists still visit the place and enjoy the wonderful scenery. The place have a healthy environment.
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Jellyfish is common as it has a reputation of being one of the most dangerous sea creatures. In the Costa Del Sol region, ginormous jellyfish are posing a lot of dangers to beachgoers that the local government decided to remove a lot of them from the local waters to make the coast safe for visitors.
Theft Beach Of Brazil
A certain beach in Brazil is well known to be also one of the most dangerous beaches that exists. Copacabana Beach ranks as one of the most famous beaches in the world as it has beautiful scenery, beautiful hotels, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and wonderful buildings.
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But despite having a wonderful reputation, this place has its downsides. It isn’t called a dangerous place because of the beach’s waters or the creatures that live in the beach. It is known to be dangerous because of its popularity that thieves, criminal gangs, and pirates roam the area to scout their victims.
Rainforest Beach
Cape Tribulation is known throughout the world. It is a remote headland and ecotourism destination that is located in the northeast Queensland, Australia. This remote Island is beautiful and always strikes the interest of tourists and leads them to visit this place.
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This place was named by the legendary Captain James Cooke because this is the place where all of his crew’s “troubles began.” The beach is known for its water dwellers such as cassowaries, jellyfish, and particularly an infestation of curious crocodiles that it’s hard to swim even when you get a chance to.
Jaws Of The Bahamas
The Bahamas has a reputation for being one of the most dangerous places in the world. West End Beach, a shark-infested area, is still popular among tourists. Despite being a dangerous place, divers still come to this place to witness one thing – the reef and healthy marine life.
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Most diving expeditions guarantee an up-close sighting of massive sharks that are just roaming in the area. This place is also known as the Tiger Beach off of Grand Bahamas. The most famous sharks here are the tiger sharks but hammerheads and bull sharks are also present.
The Sentinels Of An Island
A beach located in India is quite famous for having dwellers in the island. Andaman Island, North Sentinel Island beach might sound so fancy, this place is the home of the tribe of natives called the Sentinelese, who are completely away from the modern world that we are living in.
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This tribe resists modernization and remain a hunter-gatherer society where they rely on hunting, fishing, gathering and colleting wild plants. The natives don’t like tourists and are often seen attacking outsiders who come to investigate them. They use primitive bows and spears and even try to shoot passing helicopters and planes using arrows.
Shark Assault Beach
This is probably the most dangerous shark-infested beach. Brazil’s Boa Viagem Beach is well known for shark attacks. There have been a total of over 50 shark attacks, with 22 of them resulting in death within the past 2 decades. It is still quite crowded despite knowing that this place is brimming with sharks.
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Sharks are generally curious creatures so they have curious instincts to investigate on objects that look like prey, resulting into an attack. They are drawn to the area thanks to the shallow waters, the huge amounts of swimmers, trash, and boats. Despite having all of these reports, tourists still come.
Garden Of Snakes
We all have heard of dangerous beaches that are filled with sharks, deadly jellyfish and even strong currents. But, have you heard of snake infested waters? Rare to none, right? A certain beach located California is known to have a growing population of deadly-looking snakes.
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Bolsa Chica is a beautiful beach where lots of tourists visit to do surf and fishing. But I tell you, be vigilant as this place is filled with deadly-looking snakes. Yellow-bellied snakes storm the beach all throughout the year. These snakes are highly venomous and people are adviced to avoid them at all cost.
India’s Haunted Beach
This one dangerous beach is quite spine-chilling. India’s Dumas Beach is known for having black sands. It also has a reputation of people disappearing, weird howling sounds at night, visitors hearing and seeing ominous activities – which makes this beach one of the most haunted places in the world.
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This place was once used as a burial ground of the Hindu people. Most of the reports of paranormal activities that are happening in the beach remain unproven and still unverified to this day. People still visit this place as this attracts tourist despite being a paranormal destination.
Freezing Beach
This is another unusually dangerous beach. Located in Norway, Utakleiv Beach is a beautiful beach and has been voted as one of the most romantic beaches in Europe. Depending on the season, Utakleiv beach attracts a lot of explorers looking for northern lights and the midnight sun.
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Despite being one of the most romantic beaches, this place has a downside. This place has one of the most freezing temperature of water in the world. The water could kill you if you dare to enter the water. People still come here and just take pictures of the wonderful beach but beware, don’t ever try to swim in the water.
Polluted Surf Place
According to the people, Staithes Beach is one of the United Kingdom’s most famous surfing spots. It is a small sandy beach located in Norway, where the fishing village is gorgeous together with a cozy harbor. This place is so beautiful that it attracts lots of tourist.
This place is also a destination for geologists and fossil hunters, and also home to a community of well-known artists. Despite having all the good reviews of the place, the waters of the beach however is polluted. The pollution is the result of a runoff from nearby industrial facilities.
Predatory Island
Nature creates wonderful ways to show its gorgeous beauty. A coast in Queensland, Australia is quite appealing from the outside. It has lush white sands and crystal clear waters that give off vibes of a perfect tropical paradise. It’s so beautiful that it might let you think that this beauty isn’t dangerous at all.
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Despite having super clear waters, this coast is packed with dangerous predators. Dingos – wild Australian dogs are rampant in this area. This place is also swarming with poisonous spiders, sharks and jellyfish. You’ll see that the outside of the island is beautiful but the inside is quite sinister.
A Pirate Dwelling Beach
Kenya’s most economically successful resort area was marked by a terror group led by Al-Shabab. Lamu Island was once a very beautiful resort, now the place is swarming with countless number of pirates that are roaming the area. This place is quite miserable now.
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The pirates took over the nearby waters of Lamu Island and started capturing visitors, and are slowly crippling Kenya’s town. Tourists are afraid of coming into this place. The place is slowly crumbling and now residents are suffering because of the doings of the pirates, thus earning their place the title as one of the most dangerous beaches in the world.
Dangerous Brazilian Beach
Another beach takes its rightful place in the top dangerous beaches in the world. Manaus Beach is extra dangerous. Located in brazil, this beach is dangerous according to some tourist who experience its terror. For starters, the area is packed with dangerous predators including alligators, piranhas, anacondas, and the deadly electric eels.
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Aside from having dangerous predators, this place is also crowded. And you already know what happens next if you have too many people in one place – theft. Manaus has some of Brazil’s highest rates of homicide and theft.
Shark’s Beach Haven
This place will shame the “Red Triangle” as this place is the most shark infested beach in the world. Volusia Coast, located in Florida is very dangerous. There have been a total of 260 shark attacks in the beach since 1987.
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Despite knowing that the place is filled with sharks, people still swim in this beach. In the year 2017, the area saw about 19 shark attacks in the beach. Although shark attacks are pretty rampant in the area, fortunately, no deaths have been recorded in the area.
Luxurious Dangerous Beach
Some beaches are quite affordable, but this one, in particular, is one of the country’s most exclusive and expensive beach. Located in Cape Town, South Africa’s Clifton Beach is well known to tourists who can afford to comes to this beautiful place.
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Although an exclusive beach, it still poses dangers to the general public. Why? This area is known to be brimming with crocodiles and sharks which is why crocodile and shark attacks are pretty common in this area. Still you can enjoy in the beach even without taking a dip.
The Beach Of The Dead
Now this one is interesting. Located in Mexico, Playa Zipolite has received its nickname “Beach of the Dead” among locals in the area. This name was acquired because of the countless deaths that have occurred in the area due to the area’s heavy riptides and proximity to large resorts that draw in voice swimmers.
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The currents are so strong and there are a lot of strong undertows. According to some, going in the water deeper than your knees can be risky and you might end up taking your own life. However, the horrifying name doesn’t matter as people still come to this place specially since it’s the only legal nude beach in Mexico.
Nuclear Beach
Why are visitors prohibited from going to this beach? As natural and beautiful this beach may look, Bikini Atoll Beach is alarmingly dangerous. And if you wanna know why, well let’s just say that 23 nuclear bombs have detonated in that area.
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Back in the 1940’s and 50’s, this area has been a testing ground by the United States – detonating 23 nuclear bombs in that area. It’s still dangerous until now due to the fact that it might still contain hazardous materials coming from the explosions. Aside from that, the deeper waters may still contain nuclear bombs that haven’t detonated yet.
Glamorama Beach
One of Australia’s most popular beaches, Tamarama Beach earns the nickname “Glamorama” due the fascinating beach as it attracts plenty of visitors. Tamarama is an extremely narrow beach and quite deceptive for its size. Tamarama was identified on a military map as “Gamma Gamma” back in the 1830’s.
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Despite having quite the reputation, underneath the wonderful surface, the beach’s riptides are quite dangerous for swimmers. However, people still swim in the beach. Swimmers should listen to the directions by lifeguards and these directions should not be ignored.
The Far Away Australian Beach
This particular beach is quite far from civilization. Located near Antarctica, Heard Island beach is one of the most remote beach in the world. It is also near to the famous McDonald Island Group, just about 43km to the west from Heard Island.
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What makes this place dangerous? This place is known also as the Land of Fire and Ice. There’s an active volcano that rest in Heard Island. A lot of scientists have also died in this area as they were assigned to study the island’s local wildlife.
Volcanic Beach
This dangerous beach differs from other beaches. Located in Hawaii, Kilauea Beach is one of the most dangerous beaches in the world. An active volcano nearby puts lava in to the water each day, which makes the undercurrents strong and makes swimming quite dangerous.
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Its deadly water temperature ranges from 176 to 185 degrees. This makes the waters in Kilauea beach scald the human skin it touches. The volcano in the island is still active to this day. The lava flow keeps fuming and feed the lava lake.
Shark’s Alley
Gansbaai Beach, located in South Africa is a beautiful beach, but the beauty of this beach shouldn’t fool you. The area is known as the “shark’s alley” due to the fact that thousands of sharks are lurking beneath the waters.
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The sharks continuously roam the waters, hunting thousands of sea lions who migrate to the area from April through September each year. This beach is also known as the Great White Shark’s capital as most sharks in the area are Great White Sharks.
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Home to one of the world’s active volcanoes, the Piton de la Fournaise or what people called as the Reunion Island. Located in France, these shark-filled waters are dangerous as well. Not to mention that the volcanoes might erupt anytime.
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This place is quite known as the Haven of Surfers from across Europe. Despite having a reputation, a series of shark attacks completely ruined the reputation of the place and also ruined the local economy. The shark attacks recorded in the area started at 6 back in 2011.
The Amazon Terror Beach
Most of the dangerous beaches are near the open ocean, this one is quite far from the sea. The famous Amazon River Beach is one of the most dangerous beaches in the world. The water is packed with different dangerous animals.
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The waters of the Amazon River are full of Electric Eels, Giant Anacondas, Piranhas, and the candiru, a parasitic fish that can enter the body and stay in the human urethra. So if I were you, I would avoid this dangerous place as this could lead to your demise.
Religion Conflicted Beach
This in fact is one of the most beautiful spots in the Philippines. Located in Mindanao, Mindanao Island is dangerous not because of the waters or the predators but it’s because of the people in that area. The area has become a hotbed of conflict.
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Muslims and militants have an active conflict in the area thus making the area dangerous for locals and tourists. Despite the disputes, tourists still visit the area. People just can’t resist the beauty of the island and it’s wonderful clear water.
A Cunning Beach
We all talked about different predators, animals, and even people. However, among all the dangerous beaches, this one is different. The water is fine, the life underneath the surface is also fine. So what makes this place so dangerous that it even is listed as one of the most dangerous beaches?
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Virginia beach is overrun by foxes that terrorize beachgoers and their pets. Wild foxes have the tendency to attack out of curiosity and some just attack due to their aggressive and cunning behaviour which in turn makes this area quite alarming.