The BEST episodes of Shark Week season 2023
Every episode of Shark Week season 2023, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Shark Week season 2023!
Every year we dedicate a full week to sharks, this includes newly made specials each year all featuring sharks and their attacks.
#1 - Deadly Sharks of Paradise
Season 2023 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/28/2023
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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#2 - Monsters of Bermuda Triangle
Season 2023 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/24/2023
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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#3 - Florida Shark: Blood in the Water
Season 2023 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/26/2023
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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#4 - Serial Killer: Red Sea Attacks
Season 2023 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2023
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.
#5 - Tropic Jaws
Season 2023 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/28/2023
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.
#6 - Jaws vs The Meg
Season 2023 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/2023
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.
#7 - Great White Fight Club
Season 2023 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2023
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.
#8 - Monster Mako: Fresh Blood
Season 2023 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/27/2023
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.
#9 - Alien Sharks: Strange New Worlds
Season 2023 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/24/2023
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.
#10 - Air Jaws: Final Frontier
Season 2023 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/26/2023
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.
#11 - Shark Week: Off the Hook
Season 2023 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/23/2023
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.
#12 - Belly of the Beast: Feeding Frenzy
Season 2023 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/2023
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.
#13 - Cocaine Sharks
Season 2023 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/26/2023
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.
#14 - Shark vs Snake: Battle of the Bites
Season 2023 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/27/2023
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?
#15 - Raiders of the Lost Shark
Season 2023 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/25/2023
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.
#16 - Monster Hammerheads: Killer Instinct
Season 2023 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/25/2023
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.
#17 - Jaws in the Shallows
Season 2023 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/27/2023
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.
#18 - Mako Mania: Battle for California
Season 2023 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/25/2023
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.
#19 - Mega Sharks of Dangerous Reef
Season 2023 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/29/2023
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.