The BEST episodes of Shark Week season 2024

Every episode of Shark Week season 2024, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Shark Week season 2024!

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

Last Updated: 12/6/2024Network: DiscoveryStatus: Continuing
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#1 - Makozilla

Season 2024 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/7/2024

A spike in attacks on sea lions off the coast of Southern California sends shark researchers searching for an oversized, aggressive mako shark they believe could have family ties to the legendary record-breaking mako called, The Beast.

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#2 - Belly of the Beast Bigger and Bloodier

Season 2024 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2024

One of last year's most popular Shark Week shows returns. Marine biologist Dr. Austin Gallagher, marine scientist Liv Dixon, and legendary cameraman Kina Scollay travel to a new location and head back into the belly of a 29-foot whale decoy with new shark attractant features to create the biggest feeding frenzy ever with 18-foot 'Breeder' sharks in New Zealand.

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#3 - Monster of Oz

Season 2024 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/11/2024

In southwestern Australia, an unknown predator with a taste for great white and mako sharks ignites fears of sea monsters in the abyss. Filmmakers Dave and Jennene Riggs join Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Rosie Moore to track down the killer.

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#4 - Caught When Sharks Attack

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

Researchers are witnessing an unusual amount of shark aggression and attacks. A team of experts analyzes the most intense shark encounters Caught! on camera, unveiling mysterious new behaviors within these dangerous interactions.

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#5 - Mothersharker Hammer Time

Season 2024 - Episode 21 - Aired 7/13/2024

Researchers Dr. James Sulikowski and Beckah Campbell aim to solve the mystery of where the elusive pregnant scalloped hammerheads give birth using the latest underwater ultrasound and birthing tag technology, and it's closer than you realize.

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#6 - 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.

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#7 - Sharks of the Dead Zone

Season 2024 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/12/2024

Dr. Tiara Moore has discovered bull sharks thriving in polluted, algae-filled lagoons. Teaming up with Dr. Craig O'Connell, they study why pregnant females still migrate there and how their pups survive in a seemingly hostile environment.

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#8 - The Real Sharkano

Season 2024 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/12/2024

Shark advocate and Shark Week star Paul De Gelder is taking a small team to an ultra-remote island of shark-worshiping natives to see if their secret ways of swimming with deadly sharks could hold the secret to humans and sharks living together in peace.

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#9 - 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.

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#10 - 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.”

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#11 - Monster Hammerheads Species X

Season 2024 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/9/2024

Dr. Austin Gallagher and his team investigate an aggressive population of hammerhead sharks in Turks and Caicos, which could be an entirely new species.

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#12 - 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.

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#13 - Great White Serial Killer Sea of Blood

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

After fatal shark attacks in 2022 and 2023 off the shore of a Mexican fishing village, shark attack survivor Paul De Gelder joins shark investigator Brandon McMillan to work with locals to ID the killers and help prevent future attacks from happening.

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#14 - Big Shark Energy

Season 2024 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/8/2024

Shark experts Dr. Riley Elliot and Kori Burkhardt conduct a one-of-a-kind shark competition to determine which male great white is the alpha in the pack. To see who has the most swagger, they test the sharks' speed, hunting ability and fearlessness.

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#15 - Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion

Season 2024 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/2024

Three recent bull shark encounters in the heart of Sydney Harbor leave the city on edge. Shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder returns to the exact location where a bull shark nearly took his life to determine the cause for the spike in attacks.

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#16 - 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.

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#17 - Shark Frenzy Mating Games

Season 2024 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/8/2024

Dr. Craig O'Connell and his team willfully ignite shark-feeding frenzies to uncover whether these violent and chaotic events trigger mating behavior. The results could be the key to ensuring the survival of these crucial apex species.

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#18 - Jaws vs Leviathan

Season 2024 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/7/2024

In New Zealand, a clash of titans is about to erupt: the Great White versus a 60-foot leviathan. Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Kina Scollay simulate epic battles and study orca tactics to discover the ultimate predator.

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#19 - 6000 LB Shark

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

With reports of enormous fat white sharks appearing off the coast of New Zealand, scientists Tom Hird and Leigh de Necker set out to find one of these behemoths and determine if the great white can reach a staggering 6,000 lbs.

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#20 - Great White North

Season 2024 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/10/2024

There's a growing population of aggressive white sharks in an unlikely location, Canada. Andy Casagrande heads out on an expedition along Nova Scotia's coast to determine if this new population could be the largest in the world.

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#21 - Expedition Unknown Sharks vs Nazis in Paradise

Season 2024 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/10/2024

Just off Florida's coast, Josh Gates braves shark-infested waters in search of an American ship sunk by a Nazi U-boat during WWII. Josh joins Tristan Guttridge who has a bold new strategy to use sharks as spies to uncover the wreck.