How many miles out are sharks from shore?

Miles...sometimes it's just a matter of feet.

When I was in Hawaii I saw sharks just 200 feet from the shore

Shark attacks most often happen in water knee deep or less. I live where the ocean is in my back yard. Literally. Yeah, I often go back there and catch them . I get quite a crowd often when they see me fighting a big fish. Then pull a 4 foot shark on the beach right where they had been swimming. But usually fishing for Bikinis :) Florida

Don't know where you are fishing east coast west coast or the Indian Sea for that matter.

Sharks, like most fish, are everywhere. Most of them are harmless little creatures that swim around eating small fish (which puts them in the same class with almost every other fish out there). And most of them are kind of worthless as far as game fish. Unless you're going out on a charter targeting big sharks (makos, threshers, etc.) you're not likely to even see a big one.

If you're worried about being chewed up if you fall overboard, it's nothing to worry about. Drowning is much more of a threat if you go over, but even that's not a problem to worry about.

I really wouldn't consider it a "shark" per se, but I caught a gray smooth hound in about 1 1/2 feet of water less than 10 yards from the beach while fishing for corbina.

Ive caught them less then 20-30 yards from the beach surf fishing. There everywhere.

ive seen sharks in 2ft of water.......about 25 ft from shore.........as far as how far out they go.....they travel around the globe.....

difficult matter. try searching with bing and yahoo. it might help!