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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. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 8.2/10(77 votes)

    #2 - Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa

    S14:E1

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  3. 8.2/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Perfect Shark

    S19:E3

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  4. 8.1/10(42 votes)

    #4 - Great White Attack: A True Story

    S15:E1

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  5. 7.9/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark

    S17:E6

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  6. 7.8/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Shark House

    S35:E14

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  8. 7.7/10(30 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 7.5/10(13 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 7.5/10(9 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 7.4/10(17 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 7.4/10(12 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 7.3/10(21 votes)

    #12 - The Ultimate Guide: Sharks

    S9:E1

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  14. 7.3/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Monster Hammerhead

    S27:E4

    Monster Hammerhead explores a legendary hammerhead shark that has been patrolling Florida’s shores for the past 60 years. Now, a team of scientists and anglers look to explore the mystery and find out if the legend could be real.

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  15. 7.3/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Great White Serial Killer Extinction

    S33:E9

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  16. 7.2/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Prehistoric Sharks

    S11:E2

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  17. 7.2/10(21 votes)

    #16 - Shark Attack Survival Guide

    S23:E3

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  18. 7.2/10(36 votes)

    #17 - Shark Bites: Adventures in Shark Week

    S23:E6

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  19. 7.1/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Sharks of the Deep Blue Sea

    S11:E1

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  20. 7.1/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Alien Sharks: Return to the Abyss

    S27:E5

    In Alien Sharks: Return to the Abyss, shark researcher Paul Clerkin heads to the Indian Ocean to investigate the ocean’s darkest depths in search of shark species that scientists never even knew existed and get a glimpse of the last known group of bioluminescent sharks in the world.

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  21. 7.1/10(21 votes)

    #20 - Lair of the Mega Shark

    S27:E6

    Lair of the Mega Shark follows famed shark experts Jeff Kerr and Andy Casagrande head to New Zealand on a life-or-death mission to investigate the sightings of a 20 foot Great White that resembles the legend of a giant great white shark Maoris call the “lord of the sharks." Jeff and Andy will risk everything to track down this Mega Shark believed to be lurking in the shadows of the New Zealand coast line.

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  22. 7.1/10(10 votes)

    #21 - Extinct or Alive: Land of the Lost Shark

    S33:E7

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  23. 7.1/10(9 votes)

    #22 - Island of the Walking Sharks

    S35:E10

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  24. 7.0/10(9 votes)

    #23 - Alien Sharks: Strange New Worlds

    S36:E7

    The tip of South Africa is a hotspot for unusual sharks that exhibit bizarre behaviors and unusual, otherworldly appearances. Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante explores stunning kelp forests and ocean depths never-before-seen by humans to study these extraordinary creatures.

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  25. 6.9/10(21 votes)

    #24 - Monster Mako

    S28:E3

    A team of marine biologists set out to clock the top speed of the fastest shark in the ocean - the mako. Meanwhile, a second crew aims to prove that makos are ambush predators that will breach to kill their prey, just like the great whites.

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  26. 6.9/10(20 votes)

    #25 - Monsters of Bermuda Triangle

    S36:E6

    A healthy, 10-foot pregnant Porbeagle shark vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle. The evidence suggests an unknown, monstrous predator could be to blame. Dr. James Sulikowski and a team of scientists dive into the most mysterious part of the ocean to uncover the truth behind the attack.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Caught! When Sharks Attack" is the best rated episode of "Shark Week". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/11/2024. This episode scored 1.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Air Jaws: Sharks of South Africa".