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The Best Episodes of Sea Hunt

Every episode of Sea Hunt ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Sea Hunt!

The Best Episodes of Sea Hunt

Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The...

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  1. Background image for Prima Donna
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Prima Donna

    S3:E36

    Another movie company using Mike as an advisor needs his help when a planned torpedo blast traps the star and a Hollywood columnist onboard a sinking ship.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Expedition
    8.8/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Expedition

    S4:E14

    While helping his former history professor search for pirate treasure off the North Carolina coast, Mike finds evidence that the underwater cave said to house the treasure has been tampered with.

    Director:Leon Benson
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  3. Background image for The Dancer
    8.7/10(19 votes)

    #3 - The Dancer

    S4:E5

    A scuba diving ballerina faces the possibility of underwater amputation when she catches her foot between the buckled plates of a sunken freighter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Sea Has Ears
    8.6/10(27 votes)

    #4 - The Sea Has Ears

    S1:E38

    The murder of a telephone company employee leads Mike to an underwater cable that is being tapped to access top-secret research Conferences.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Murder at 60 Feet
    8.6/10(32 votes)

    #5 - Murder at 60 Feet

    S2:E10

    A man planning to murder his wife hires Mike to teach her to scuba dive so that he may lure her into a dangerous underwater current.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Underwater Beacon
    8.6/10(18 votes)

    #6 - Underwater Beacon

    S3:E27

    While helping to test a friend's underwater radio device, Mike discovers a submerged radio beacon, camouflaged and guarded by an electric gun.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Mercy Trip
    8.6/10(18 votes)

    #7 - Mercy Trip

    S4:E8

    Mike scouts a path through mine-infested waters so that medical supplies can reach a China Sea port hit by a cholera epidemic.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Hardhat
    8.5/10(29 votes)

    #8 - Hardhat

    S1:E14

    Mike competes with a pair of helmet divers to salvage a German submarine sunk off the coast of South America.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Search
    8.5/10(24 votes)

    #9 - The Search

    S2:E8

    Mike comes to the rescue of a scuba diver who has been trapped in a kelp bed while spear fishing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Strong Box
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Strong Box

    S3:E11

    Mike leads the way in a salvage operation to recover more than a million dollars' worth of gems from the captain's safe of a sunken ship.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Man Overboard
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Man Overboard

    S3:E39

    Mike responds to a ""man overboard"" situation, but an extensive search turns up no victim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Rescue
    8.5/10(22 votes)

    #12 - Rescue

    S4:E7

    Unaware that two of his treasure-hunting friends are trapped inside, Mike sets charges to blow up a sunken ship that is a menace to a busy shipping lane.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Gold Below
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    #13 - Gold Below

    S1:E9

    A pair of ruthless treasure hunters dupes a young skin diver into helping them loot a sunken ship.

    Director:Leon Benson
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  15. Background image for Monte Cristo
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    #14 - Monte Cristo

    S2:E5

    As consultant on a remake of The Count of Monte Cristo, Mike finds that the emotions of the star and his stand-in may lead to disaster in the execution of a stunt.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Diving for the Moon
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Diving for the Moon

    S2:E7

    Mike and a group of astronauts-in-training are stranded on the seabed when a hurricane blows their boat away.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Lee Erwin
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  17. Background image for Hermes
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    #16 - Hermes

    S2:E19

    A Greek sponge diver and his pretty girlfriend lay a minefield for Mike, fearful that he will interfere with their discovery of a valuable statue on the Mediterranean seabed.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Base of Operations
    8.4/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Base of Operations

    S2:E37

    A husband and wife team of photojournalists ignore Mike's warnings about diving on a sunken ocean liner and are imperiled by the pressures of the deep.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Missing Link
    8.4/10(19 votes)

    #18 - The Missing Link

    S3:E33

    A scientific society hires Mike to obtain fossil samples from a newly-discovered underwater cavern for the purpose of authentication.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Defector
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #19 - The Defector

    S4:E16

    A man bribes Mike to continue giving lessons to an inept diving student whom he's stopped teaching.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Sixty Feet Below
    8.3/10(70 votes)

    #20 - Sixty Feet Below

    S1:E1

    Mike tries to free the pilot of a downed jet from his watertight cockpit before his air runs out, without causing the man's death from the water pressure.

    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Alligator Story
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    #21 - Alligator Story

    S1:E20

    A vicious alligator escapes from a wild animal show and takes refuge in the lake of a public park.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Air Pockets
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    #22 - Air Pockets

    S2:E11

    Mike is hired to dive on a sunken freighter in New York Harbor in the hopes that some crew members may still be alive in air pockets.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Lee Erwin
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  24. Background image for The Fearmakers
    8.3/10(17 votes)

    #23 - The Fearmakers

    S3:E12

    In preparation for the visit of a foreign head of state, Mike helps the Coast Guard do a security check on the area.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Revolutionary Spoils
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #24 - Revolutionary Spoils

    S3:E13

    A new revolutionary leader asks Mike to help him retrieve his country's hidden gold reserves, believed to have been hidden aboard a scuttled freighter by the ousted former dictator.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Cellini Vase
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #25 - The Cellini Vase

    S3:E21

    Mike becomes suspicious when his hired dive on a Spanish galleon yields a rare art treasure.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Prima Donna" is the best rated episode of "Sea Hunt". It scored 8.8/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Leon Benson and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/10/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Expedition".