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The Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 28

Every episode of Shark Week Season 28 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 28!

The Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 28

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 Monster Mako
    6.9/10(21 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Return of the Great White Serial Killer
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #2 - Return of the Great White Serial Killer

    S28:E4

    Since 2008, every two years, in October, shark attacks strike Surf Beach, California. Now as October 2014 closes in, questions remain: will the attacks happen again? Is it the same shark? And, can DNA identify the great white shark responsible?

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  3. Background image for Alien Sharks: Close Encounters
    6.5/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Alien Sharks: Close Encounters

    S28:E5

    Deep below the oceans's surface live some of the strangest marine animals on the earth. Now, three expeditions are exploring those depths for sharks that glow in the dark. They are hoping for a close encounter in the strange domain of alien sharks.

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  4. Background image for Sharksanity 2
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Sharksanity 2

    S28:E13

    We scoured the seas to bring you the greatest moments from Shark Week 2015! Only the closest calls, biggest bites and greatest gadgets made the cut. Then, we’re revealing your top picks for the best moments in Shark Week history.

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  5. Background image for Tiburones: Sharks of Cuba
    6.2/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Tiburones: Sharks of Cuba

    S28:E7

    A team of shark researchers head to Cuba to explore the most remote shark habitat in the world. 70 years after the largest great white ever recorded, a 23 ft. Great White named “The Cuban” was caught off the coast, a team of experts search for evidence of a population of large white sharks to prove the story is real.

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  6. Background image for Super Predator
    6.2/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Super Predator

    S28:E8

    The search for the predator that ate a 9-foot great white off the coast of Australia takes wildlife filmmaker Dave Riggs into the kill zone—a deep ocean battleground of great whites, killer whales and giant squid.

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  8. Background image for Ninja Sharks
    5.8/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Ninja Sharks

    S28:E9

    The ocean is a cruel place—full of predators driven to survive. But at the apex of the food chain are six swift and deadly sharks. These stealthy assassins exploit prey with specialized adaptations, making them the most fearsome predators on the planet.

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  9. Background image for Sharks of the Shadowland
    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Sharks of the Shadowland

    S28:E11

    Mysterious sharks threaten government divers in remote New Zealand waters. Attack survivor Jenny Oliver and researcher Kina Scollay are on a quest to find out if the mysterious sevengill sharks are targeting divers…and are they hunting in packs?

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  10. Background image for Shark Planet
    5.5/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Shark Planet

    S28:E10

    From the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean, to the tropical seas of Indonesia, researchers are getting closer to sharks than ever before. Join us on an epic journey around the globe documenting groundbreaking new research into these long misunderstood animals.

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  11. Background image for Shark Trek
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    #10 - Shark Trek

    S28:E1

    Shark expert, Greg Skomal and a team of engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution embark on a mission to find out why Great White sightings in Florida are on the rise. It's the biggest study ever of Atlantic great whites.

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    #11 - Island of the Mega Shark

    S28:E2

    The quest to photograph the largest great white shark continues as experts Andy Casagrande and Jeff Kurr join forces with Dickie Chivell at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Theories suggest these mega sharks may come to feed and mate at this great white hot spot.

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    #12 - Bride of Jaws

    S28:E6

    At nearly 18 feet and over 3,000 pounds, a record-breaking female great white shark nicknamed "Joan of Shark" roams the waters off Western Australia. Three shark experts follow an extraordinary 4,000-mile migratory path to find and tag her.

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    #13 - Shark Clans

    S28:E12

    Fifty years ago, Rodney Fox barely survived a great white shark attack. Now he is trying to help sharks survive mankind’s increasing pressure upon the oceans. Join Rodney and his team as they study and tag great whites off the coast of South Australia.

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    #14 - Shark Island

    S28:E14

    In a remote corner of the Indian Ocean, Reunion Island has become the most dangerous place on the planet for shark attacks. After 7 deaths in 4 years, locals and scientists are in a race against time to find answers before another fatal encounter.

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    #15 - Shark Alley: Legend of Dynamite

    S28:E15

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    #16 - Air Jaws: Walking with Great Whites

    S28:E16

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Season 28 Ratings Summary

"Monster Mako" is the best rated episode of "Shark Week" season 28. It scored 6.9/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/5/2015. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Return of the Great White Serial Killer".