The BEST episodes of Shark Week

#1 - When Fish Attack 3

Season 2011 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/4/2011

Travel the waters of the world to meet people who made some pretty dumb mistakes around dangerous sea creatures, including sharks, as well as folks who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Each story includes actual footage of the events and expert analysis.

#2 - Shark Alley: Legend of Dynamite

Season 2015 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/29/2015

#3 - Shark After Dark

Season 2009 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/6/2009

In this Episode we will see the Shark after Dark. Sharks are most aggressive and most active in the dark but the fact is we know extremely small things about the nocturnal nature of these creatures. In this Episode, a team of diver’s travel around the world and go down into the shark dangerous after-dark hunting grounds. Their goal is to learn more about how Great Whites, Six-Gills, and Tiger Sharks behavior after the sun goes down.

#4 - Mythbusters: Shark Special

Season 2008 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2008

Using their signature sci-tech style of explosive experimentation, the MythBusters hit the deep blue from California to the Bahamas to investigate myths about sharks. They are honing in on some doozies this year: Do dogs attract sharks? Do the vibrations caused by a flapping injured fish attract sharks? Does chili powder repel sharks? And hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman create the ultimate SHARK WEEK build – a 16-foot-long robo-shark!

#5 - World's Scariest Animal Attacks

Season 2012 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/15/2012

Ten of the most terrifying animal attacks filmed by eyewitnesses. Some of the world's biggest predators - a 15 foot shark, raging elephants, and a half ton bull turn their attention towards people who are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

#6 - Voodoo Sharks

Season 2013 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/5/2013

Bull Sharks have moved to the bayous of Louisiana, nicknamed "Voodoo Sharks" by the local shrimp fishermen. These dominant and startling predators can live in both salt and fresh water.

#7 - Return to Shark Vortex

Season 2021 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/17/2021

As the Shark Vortex retreats in the fall, sharks battle it out for dominance in New England's icy waters. Experts brave rough oceans and fierce predators to capture new footage and insight of the phantom shark and reveal which shark reigns supreme.

#8 - Alien Sharks of the Deep

Season 2013 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/8/2013

Follow American and Japanese scientists as they descend into the deepest and darkest unexplored oceans on Earth in search of some of the more incredible and bizarre sharks on the planet.

#9 - Ridiculous Cakes: 30th Anniversary of Shark Week

Season 2018 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/2018

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of "Shark Week" with a 4-foot-tall cake; the hunt for Bigfoot leads to a sweet encounter for a Seattle cake artist; an entire cake is decorated with only buttercream frosting.

#10 - Nuclear Sharks

Season 2016 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/30/2016

#11 - Monster Mako: Perfect Predator

Season 2019 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/1/2019

The search is on for the elusive grander mako, the largest of its kind in the world. Brand new footage captured off the coast of California reveals rare mako behavior.

#12 - Top 10 Sharkdown

Season 2013 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/7/2013

TOP 10 SHARKDOWN updates the international shark attack files for the 21st century and takes a closer look at the sharks viewers won't want to meet at the beach this summer - and the ones swimmers and surfers are most likely to encounter. From the weird - the feisty cookie cutter, which bites cookie-shaped circles out of its prey; to the macabre, like the Sand Tiger, whose cannibalistic young devour each other in the womb; to the infamous Great Whites, Tiger Sharks and Bull Sharks - TOP 10 SHARKDOWN ranks these amazing predators.

#13 - Sharkadelic Summer 2

Season 2021 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/15/2021

Sharkadelic is back to find out if this summer will be the sharkiest on record. Snoop Dogg breaks down the craziest encounters, the wildest and most unpredictable reactions to discover if America is once again ground zero for the shark superstorm.

#14 - Sharktopia

Season 2024 - Episode 20 - Aired 7/13/2024

In Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands, a team of researchers hunt for one of the region's last living leopard sharks. But as they venture deeper into the unknown, the journey brings them face to face with some of the weirdest and wildest sharks on Earth.

#15 - Great White Danger Zone

Season 2024 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/11/2024

Alison Towner and her team investigate a new great white hot spot off the coast of South Africa. Equipped with cutting-edge fin cameras, tracking tags and underwater surveillance, researchers unveil unusual behavior in these massive great whites.

#16 - Caught! When Sharks Attack

Season 2024 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/11/2024

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.

#17 - Alien Sharks Ghosts of Japan

Season 2024 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/10/2024

Wildlife biologist Forrest Galante explores the alien world of Japan’s oceans. Teaming up with deep-sea shark expert Christina de Silva, they search for the extremely rare Japanese angelshark, the “ghost of the sea.”

#18 - Deadliest Bite

Season 2024 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/9/2024

A group of shark experts set out to discover which shark species has the deadliest bite. Using bite force meters, biomedical imaging and a cutting-edge super slow-motion camera rig, they'll document and analyze shark bites like never before.

#19 - Shark Attack Island

Season 2024 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/12/2024

A South Pacific paradise has become a shark attack hot spot with Bull, Tiger and Great White sharks moving closer and closer to resort beaches. Seven people have been killed in just the last five years, some in knee-deep water only steps from the sand.

#20 - Great White Battleground

Season 2022 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/24/2022

Sharkologist, Michelle Jewel believes the leaping great whites of South Africa do more than just hunt for their favorite prey. Join Michelle as she embarks on a journey to prove these sharks are actually breaching to communicate with each other.

#21 - Return to Lair of the Great White

Season 2021 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/14/2021

Dr. Craig O'Connell and Marc Payne return to where they unexpectedly filmed a juvenile great white during a past mission. Believing there's a nursery nearby, they follow the trail to a discovery that could change everything we know about great whites.

#22 - Spawn of Jaws: The Birth

Season 2014 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/13/2014

Dr. Michael Domeier has spent years scouring the Pacific Ocean hoping to solve one of the greatest mysteries of shark science: the location of great white pupping grounds. In 2013, he set the process in motion by successfully tagging a pregnant female shark that he called Gil Rakers. Now he’s returning to the sea in Spawn of Jaws 2: The Birth to follow her journey and be the first to capture the birth of a baby great white shark.

#23 - Great White Gauntlet

Season 2013 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/8/2013

Abalone diving can be both lucrative and dangerous when it happens in one of the most deadly shark feeding grounds, known as the "Great White Gauntlet", off the south coast of Australia.

#24 - Shark School with Michael Phelps

Season 2017 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/30/2017

Michael Phelps joins Doc Gruber and Tristan Guttridge of the Bimini Shark Lab to get a crash course on everything ‘shark.’ They’ll dispel the myths and common misconceptions, teach him how to safely dive with sharks - including how to stay calm when a hammerhead swims two feet above his face - and will get Michael Phelps up close and personal with the incredible power of a Great White. Produced by Peacock Productions.

#25 - Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek

Season 2021 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/2021

Josh Gates links up with his childhood hero, William Shatner, to boldly go where Shark Week has never gone before. The mission: enter shark-infested waters to understand the nature of fear and come face to face with an apex predator. This is Shark Trek.