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The Best Episodes of Shark Week

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

The Best Episodes of Shark Week

The Discovery Channel's Shark Week, first broadcast on July 17, 1987, is a weeklong series of feature television programs dedicated to sharks. Held annually, normally...
  1. Background image for Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #1 - Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood

    S37:E7

    After two fatal Great White shark attacks occurred off a small Mexican fishing village - including one in which a victim was decapitated - shark attack survivor Paul De Gelder joins shark investigator Brandon McMillan and local biologist Gador Mutaner to launch a plan to ID the killers and keep the villagers in the Sea of Cortez safe.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa
    8.2/10(77 votes)

    #2 - Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa

    S14:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Great White Attack: A True Story
    8.1/10(42 votes)

    #3 - Great White Attack: A True Story

    S15:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark

    S17:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Sharks Under Glass
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Sharks Under Glass

    S16:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Perfect Shark
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Perfect Shark

    S19:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Adrift: 47 Days With Sharks
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #7 - Adrift: 47 Days With Sharks

    S25:E6

    During a routine search and rescue mission over the Pacific in WWII, an American plane crashed into shark-infested waters. This is the inspiring true story of two war heroes — one an Olympian, one a pastor's son — who managed to survive a record-breaking 47 days at sea in a life raft. They subsisted on only the food they were able to catch from the ocean and the water they were able to collect from the rain, all while fighting off a gang of sharks that were their constant companions. But when they finally did reach land, it was only the beginning of their troubles. What happened to these men is one of the greatest tests of faith, will and endurance of our time.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Shark House
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Shark House

    S35:E14

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Expedition Unknown: Sharks vs. Nazis in Paradise
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Expedition Unknown: Sharks vs. Nazis in Paradise

    S37:E12

    Global adventurer Josh Gates and shark biologist Tristan Guttridge team up with nature's deadliest predator to search for a lost wreck sunk by a Nazi U-Boat during World War II.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Ultimate Air Jaws
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    #10 - Ultimate Air Jaws

    S23:E1

    Off the coast of South Africa, massive great white sharks blast from the water, pulling a sneak attack on their seal prey. Shark expert Chris Fallows and filmmaker Jeff Kurr arrive on the scene to investigate the aerial attacks using state-of-the-art technology including an HD camera that shoots in super slow motion - 2,000 frames per second. This enables the team to slow down a breaching shark from one second of real time to almost a minute - and in so much detail you can literally count every tooth in the shark's mouth! Fallows and Kurr also employ a submarine and remotely-operated helicopter to capture this incredible footage.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Great White Gauntlet
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Great White Gauntlet

    S26:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Great White Serial Killer Extinction
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #12 - Great White Serial Killer Extinction

    S33:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Voodoo Sharks
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Voodoo Sharks

    S26:E4

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Alien Sharks of the Deep
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Alien Sharks of the Deep

    S26:E10

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Sharks vs. Dolphins: Face Off
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Sharks vs. Dolphins: Face Off

    S29:E10

    Sharks and dolphins have shared the ocean for ages, but only recently, scientists have begun to understand the true nature of the relationship between these two masters of the sea. It's hostile, and dangerous, mainly for dolphins. Dolphins would rather eat fish and swim with humans; sharks would rather eat dolphins and anything they can sink their teeth into. Dr. Mike Heithaus and his team bring new research that may solve why sharks attack dolphins far more than we ever knew.

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Shark Lockdown
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Shark Lockdown

    S33:E3

    In the waters off New Zealand, the largest female great whites are measuring over 20-feet long, earning the nickname ‘the 747s.’ With no human interaction during COVID-19, researchers built a self-propelled cage to see how hunting patterns have changed.

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Great White Danger Zone
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Great White Danger Zone

    S37:E16

    Alison Towner and her team investigate a new Great White hotspot off the coast of South Africa. Equipped with cutting-edge fin cameras, tracking tags, and underwater surveillance, researchers unveil unusual behavior in these massive apex predators.

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Summer of The Shark
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Summer of The Shark

    S24:E4

    In the summer of 2008 an unprecedented wave of shark attacks sweeps the eastern coast of Australia. Australian shark experts and fishery managers scramble to understand what is happening. Could it be that that the gradual dwindling of the sharks' natural prey due to overfishing has brought man to the top of the shark's food chain? Will the summer of 2008 be a prelude of things to come?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Tropic Jaws
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Tropic Jaws

    S36:E17

    When a 16-foot great white invades Indonesia’s warm coast of Bali, it sparks fears that they are adapting to hunt the tropical beaches where millions of people swim every day. Dr. Craig O’Connell and Madison Stewart are on a mission to find Tropic Jaws and discover why they left the cold water environment that they have called home for thousands of years.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Caught! When Sharks Attack
    7.5/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Caught! When Sharks Attack

    S37:E15

    For the first time, shark attacks are being caught on video thanks to smartphones. Experts analyze these shark encounters to reveal surprising new insights into their behavior and dangerous warning signs. While some shark attacks may result from foolish behavior—such as someone sticking their hand inside a live shark—the reality is we swim beside sharks every day without even realizing it.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Smart Sharks: Swimming with Roboshark
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #21 - Smart Sharks: Swimming with Roboshark

    S16:E4

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Perfect Predators
    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #22 - Perfect Predators

    S20:E5

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  24. Background image for Jaws Comes Home
    7.4/10(24 votes)

    #23 - Jaws Comes Home

    S24:E2

    Jaws Comes Home tells the story of passionate shark expert and U.S. Fisheries scientist, Greg Skomal, as he documents six remarkable months following five great whites with names like Curly and Ruthless. His mission: to understand more about their recently discovered, 1,200-mile journey up and down the eastern seaboard and to reveal all he can about these much-maligned hunters.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Killer Sharks: The Attacks of Black December
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Killer Sharks: The Attacks of Black December

    S24:E5

    December 1957: the height of tourist season in South Africa. Merry vacationers from around the globe descend on an idyllic resort town along the sunny coast to enjoy the summer. It's not long until the white sands are clogged with dead bodies and the sapphire waters are red with blood. The culprit? The authorities suspected a single, massive rogue shark with a taste for human flesh.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Air Jaws: Fins of Fury
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Air Jaws: Fins of Fury

    S27:E1

    Air Jaws programming has pushed and expanded our understanding of great white sharks and has become one of the iconic SHARK WEEK programs. In Air Jaws: Fins of Fury Natural History producer Jeff Kurr and his team return using incredible new cameras and high tech underwater gadgetry to track down the missing “mega-shark” named Colossus.

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Great White Serial Killer: Sea of Blood" is the best rated episode of "Shark Week". It scored 8.3/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/8/2024. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa".