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The Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 36

Every episode of Shark Week Season 36 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 36!

The Best Episodes of Shark Week Season 36

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 Tropic Jaws
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Alien Sharks: Strange New Worlds
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Monsters of Bermuda Triangle
    6.9/10(20 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Mako Mania: Battle for California
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Mako Mania: Battle for California

    S36:E8

    Off the coast of Los Angeles, a new population of super makos challenge great whites for their hunting territories. Dr. Craig O’Connell, Fo Zayed, and Kendyl Berna deploy state-of-the-art technology to reveal their dominance and unveil the mysteries that have transformed these makos into some of the fiercest predators in the oceans.

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  5. Background image for Jaws vs The Meg
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #5 - Jaws vs The Meg

    S36:E2

    The MEG, a massive shark measuring 50 feet and weighing 60 tons, was once feared as the most fearsome predator. It could devour a killer whale effortlessly, but new evidence suggests that its cousin, the great white shark, may have caused its extinction.

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  6. Background image for Serial Killer: Red Sea Attacks
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Serial Killer: Red Sea Attacks

    S36:E3

    Shark attack investigator Brandon McMillan and cinematographer Fo Zayed travel to solve the mystery of what’s behind three recent deadly shark attacks off of the posh beaches of Egypt’s Red Sea.

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  8. Background image for Belly of the Beast: Feeding Frenzy
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    #7 - Belly of the Beast: Feeding Frenzy

    S36:E1

    In a Shark Week first, researchers with cameras brave a great white shark feeding frenzy from inside a life-size whale decoy. Their findings could be the key to finding the biggest great white shark in South African history.

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  9. Background image for Shark vs Snake: Battle of the Bites
    6.5/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Shark vs Snake: Battle of the Bites

    S36:E16

    Tiger sharks are washing up dead on the beaches of Western Australia with no sign of attack. Forrest Galante has a theory that deadly sea snakes are turning these apex predators to prey. In the battle of shark against snake, are snakes winning?

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  10. Background image for Cocaine Sharks
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Cocaine Sharks

    S36:E13

    For decades, rumors of cocaine-fueled sharks have spread throughout the fishing community. Shark expert Tom Hird travels to the Florida Keys to investigate what happens when the sharks come in contact with the most notorious drug on the planet.

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  11. Background image for Jaws in the Shallows
    6.1/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Jaws in the Shallows

    S36:E14

    Shark Week veteran Dr. Riley Elliott has traveled all over to study great whites, which are now terrorizing the beaches of New Zealand. He sets out alongside his wife Amber Jones to find answers to protect his loved ones from the apex predators before it’s too late.

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  12. Background image for Shark Week: Off the Hook
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    #11 - Shark Week: Off the Hook

    S36:E4

    Dive into the biggest thrills and most terrifying moments from 35 years of Shark Week, celebrating behind the scenes of iconic moments and revealing never-before-seen footage of the fearless adventurers who get up close with the world’s scariest creatures.

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  13. Background image for Great White Fight Club
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    #12 - Great White Fight Club

    S36:E5

    A team of experts venture into the treacherous waters of New Zealand to provide groundbreaking evidence that female white sharks unequivocally dominate the ocean, reigning as the ultimate controllers of its fierce battlegrounds.

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  14. Background image for Raiders of the Lost Shark
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    #13 - Raiders of the Lost Shark

    S36:E9

    Shark expert Matt Dicken and Shark Week legend Dickie Chivell embark on a relentless quest to locate an elusive and colossal shark named Dutchess, who mysteriously vanished from Gansbaai, South Africa years ago.

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  15. Background image for Monster Hammerheads: Killer Instinct
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    #14 - Monster Hammerheads: Killer Instinct

    S36:E10

    Dr. Tristan Guttridge believes Hammerhead sharks can reach monster sizes by hunting other species of sharks. The only way to prove his theory is to obtain tissue samples from some of the largest sharks on the planet.

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  16. Background image for Air Jaws: Final Frontier
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    #15 - Air Jaws: Final Frontier

    S36:E11

    Shark filmmakers hunt for “Air Jaws” in New Zealand’s hidden launch pad. Andy Casagrande and Jeff Kurr seek the second-ever breaching great white in these waters to uncover history-making secrets.

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  17. Background image for Florida Shark: Blood in the Water
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    #16 - Florida Shark: Blood in the Water

    S36:E12

    Paul de Gelder dives into the Shark Attack Capital of the World to conduct experiments that will confirm what makes up these dangerous waters and determine methods to mitigate the risk.

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  18. Background image for Monster Mako: Fresh Blood
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    #17 - Monster Mako: Fresh Blood

    S36:E15

    Twelve-foot-long monster mako sharks compete head-to-head with great whites for prey off the coast of California. Using a custom clear, acrylic diving bell, Dr. Austin Gallagher and legendary free diver Andre Musgrove get up close with both predators and track makos breaching eight feet out of the ocean.

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  19. Background image for Deadly Sharks of Paradise
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    #18 - Deadly Sharks of Paradise

    S36:E18

    Scientists in South America are studying the shark species thought to be responsible for a spike in deadly attacks since 1990. Marine biologist Danni Washington and shark conservationist Paul de Gelder join a team tracking tiger sharks off a pristine tropical archipelago in Brazil.

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  20. Background image for Mega Sharks of Dangerous Reef
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    #19 - Mega Sharks of Dangerous Reef

    S36:E19

    The remote islands off the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia are believed to harbor some of the biggest white sharks on the planet. While local fishing reports suggest these giant sharks are still around, they are rarely seen.

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  21. Background image for Dawn of the Monster Mako
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    #20 - Dawn of the Monster Mako

    S36:E20

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    #21 - Episode 21

    S36:E21

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Season 36 Ratings Summary

"Tropic Jaws" is the best rated episode of "Shark Week" season 36. It scored 7.5/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/28/2023. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Alien Sharks: Strange New Worlds".