The BEST episodes of Shark Week season 2021

Every episode of Shark Week season 2021, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Shark Week season 2021!

Every year we dedicate a full week to sharks, this includes newly made specials each year all featuring sharks and their attacks.

Last Updated: 12/14/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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9.00
2 votes

#1 - 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.

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8.50
2 votes

#2 - 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.

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8.50
2 votes

#3 - 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.

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8.25
4 votes

#4 - Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week

Season 2021 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2021

Tiffany Haddish hosts Shark Week! While her fantasy was to uncover the secrets of shark sex sailing on the fanciest yachts, surrounded by friendly sea creatures and pampered by a handsome merman, she's in for the sharkiest of wake-up calls.

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8.25
4 votes

#5 - 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.

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8.25
4 votes

#6 - Mechashark

Season 2021 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/14/2021

To track down New Zealand's monster great whites, researchers build a submersible designed to look like a shark and pilot it deep into what they believe could be a mating ground - the Holy Grail of shark science.

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8.17
6 votes

#7 - Crikey! It's Shark Week

Season 2021 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2021

Robert Irwin comes face to face with a great white shark for the first time ever. Following his father's footsteps, he will get as close as possible to these incredible creatures to determine which apex predator reigns supreme – crocs or great whites?

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8.00
2 votes

#8 - Dr. Pimple Popper Pops Shark Week

Season 2021 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/15/2021

Dr. Pimple Popper has entertained millions with her extreme pimple popping videos. Now she heads to Turks and Caicos with Dr. Austin Gallagher to explore the world of shark skin and how she can apply the science they gather to help human skin issues.

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8.00
2 votes

#9 - Ninja Sharks 2: Mutants Rising

Season 2021 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/16/2021

In the icy waters of Alaska, off populated beaches of New York and lurking in ghostly shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina, scientists have discovered three sharks that have developed unique and deadly ninja skills.

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8.00
3 votes

#10 - I Was Prey: Terrors From the Deep 2

Season 2021 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/16/2021

Two adventure seekers recount their horrifying shark attack experiences.

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8.00
1 votes

#11 - I Was Prey: Shark Week 2021

Season 2021 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/17/2021

Recounts two horrific shark attacks told solely by the survivors who overcame life and death circumstances to tell their stories.

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7.75
4 votes

#12 - Jackass Shark Week

Season 2021 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/11/2021

Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They'll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test.

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7.75
4 votes

#13 - The Real Sharknado

Season 2021 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/14/2021

We have all seen the movies, sharks jumping into boats, circling in tornados, and risking their lives to attack humans. Could these shark feasts happen? Ian Ziering and Tara Reid pick up their chainsaws once again to see if a Real Sharknado could happen.

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7.75
4 votes

#14 - Mothersharker

Season 2021 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2021

It's a great mystery where tiger sharks give birth. One team of scientists deploys an arsenal of new technology to find out, but they need to meet some of Bahamas' biggest tiger shark mothers face-to-face for it to work.

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7.67
3 votes

#15 - Shark Week Best in Show

Season 2021 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/17/2021

Discover everything that has happened in the world of sharks this year, including unbelievable viral videos, big news stories and the latest in cutting-edge shark science.

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7.60
5 votes

#16 - Air Jaws: Going for Gold

Season 2021 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/2021

The Air Jaws team returns to Seal Rock to capture the highest breach ever recorded. Rocket Shark holds the record at a 15-feet. Will he return to jump even higher, or will a new shark take the World's Highest Flying Great White Shark title?

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7.50
4 votes

#17 - Mega Jaws of Bird Island

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

South African great whites are on the brink of extinction, but experts believe there is at least one breeder shark left in the water surrounding Bird Island. A team will search and tag the last female great white mature enough to carry on the species.

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7.33
3 votes

#18 - Jaws Awakens: Phred vs. Slash

Season 2021 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/12/2021

Rumor has it that two of the largest sharks in existence have been recently roaming New Zealand waters, but nobody knows which one is the largest. Brandon McMillan and Dickie Chivell are heading out to see which one takes the cake -- Phred or Slash?

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7.33
3 votes

#19 - Brad Paisley's Shark Country

Season 2021 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2021

Country star Brad Paisley and comedian JB Smoove meet in the Bahamas to attract new fans, Sharks! With Dr. Austin Gallagher's help, they put Brad's musical talents to the test in shark-infested waters to see how sound can attract or repel sharks.

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7.33
3 votes

#20 - The Spawn of El Diablo

Season 2021 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/13/2021

In 2012, Michelle Jewell documented one of the largest great white mating scars ever recorded. Recently similar marks have appeared, leading her to believe this is a possible mating ground and that mega-shark El Diablo has returned to South Africa.

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7.33
3 votes

#21 - Monster Sharks of Andros Island

Season 2021 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/16/2021

Shark researchers travel to Andros Island in The Bahamas to determine if it's a new great hammerhead hotspot, and they're using reports of a half-octopus, half-shark creature known as the Lusca to help them locate massive sharks for their study.

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7.25
4 votes

#22 - Mystery of the Black Demon Shark

Season 2021 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/16/2021

In Mexico, legends swirl around El Demonio Negro, a 50-foot shark that has terrorized fishermen and tourists alike for generations. Is this an undiscovered predator? Forrest Galante hunts for answers in the most rugged and remote parts of the Baja Peninsula.