'The Shallows' volgt een vrouw, Nancy genaamd, die alleen is aan het surfen op een afgelegen strand. Op een korte afstand van de kust wordt ze aangevallen door een grote witte haai. Nancy komt vast te zitten op een kleine rots, minder dan 200 meter verwijderd van het strand.
| Directing | Jaume Collet-Serra | Director |
| Writing | Anthony Jaswinski | Screenplay |
| Production | Ben Parkinson | Casting |
| Production | Lynn Harris | Producer |
| Production | Matti Leshem | Producer |
| Production | Douglas C. Merrifield | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Marco Beltrami | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Flavio Martínez Labiano | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Joel Negron | Editor |
| Art | Hugh Bateup | Production Design |
| Art | Nathan Blanco Fouraux | Art Direction |
| Art | Fiona Donovan | Supervising Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kym Barrett | Costume Design |
| Crew | Sean Genders | Makeup Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gail Kane | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Carolina Häggström | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Nevin Seus | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chelsea Staebell | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | Peter Beeh | Helicopter Camera |
| Camera | Andrew Conder | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Vince Valitutti | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Marc Spicer | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Ron Coe | First Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Christian Kratzert | Animation Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Ronald Grauer | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Emily Pead | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Paul O'Hara | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Anwei Chen | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Lee Maher | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Johanna Lange | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Joseph Hart Green | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Oliver Eikhoff | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Vincent Liebig | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Tim Johnson | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Noémie Jacques | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Carrie Richardson | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Allan Magled | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Nathan McGuinness | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Scott E. Anderson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Gregory D. Liegey | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | José Manuel Weil | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Polly McKinnon | ADR & Dubbing |
| Editing | Polly McKinnon | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Sarah Monat | Foley |
| Sound | Willard Overstreet | Foley |
| Sound | Brandon Jones | Sound Designer |
| Sound | J.M. Davey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Chris Diebold | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | P.K. Hooker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Chris Terhune | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Tateum Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Barry Goch | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Alex Portin | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Jaume Collet-Serra | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Simon Christidis | Underwater Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tami Lane | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Louise Coulston | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cora Montalban | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Brad Howard | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Di Bennett | Art Department Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rod Ortega | Hair Department Head |
| Visual Effects | David Nelson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Ben Wyatt | Boom Operator |
| Visual Effects | Jonas Bergholm | 3D Artist |
| Visual Effects | Philip Trieu | 3D Artist |
| Lighting | Mick O'Brien | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Mal Booth | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Todd Carmody | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Simon Cooke | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Peter Fragoudakis | Electrician |
| Lighting | Sam McKinnon | Electrician |
| Lighting | Jack Moffatt | Electrician |
| Camera | Chris Child | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Benn Hyde | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Mark Levey | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Craig Clark | Rigging Gaffer |
| Lighting | David Thomson | Rigging Grip |
| Camera | Simon Christidis | Underwater Director of Photography |
| Production | Duncan Jones | Location Manager |
| Crew | Glenn Ruehland | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Kelly Richardson | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Judd Wild | Stunts |
| Crew | Neil Stoddart | Stunts |
| Crew | Gulliver Page | Stunts |
| Crew | Elissa Cadwell | Stunts |
| Editing | Mark V. Phillips | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Kevin Stermer | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Michael Bate | Armorer |
| Crew | Mark Harrold | Pilot |
| Directing | Steve Danton | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Julian Wall | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Isabella Nichols | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Portia Large | Stunt Double |
