TV Episodes The Best Shark Week Episodes  

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List of the best Shark Week episodes, as determined by voters like you. Shark Week takes place every year on the Discovery Channel, where shark-oriented content is shown for seven days. With all the amazing episodes of the show that exist, it's hard to trust just one person's opinion of what the top Shark Week episodes of all time are. Fans of Shark Week are very passionate about the show, and there are often debates over which episodes are the greatest. That's why this list exists- so you can vote for your favorites and we can find out once and for all what everyone thinks the best episode is.

This list is made up of episodes like Great White Appetite and Day of the Shark 2. What is the best Shark Week episode of all time? Look below and find out.
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Wrath of a Great White Serial... is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 28 Episode 8: A deadly newcomer has taken residence in the waters of the Pacific Northwest, leaving behind frightened eyewitnesses, and bitten surfers. Shark expert Ralph Collier and Brandon McMillian seek answers to why the great white sharks travel so far north.

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Great White Shark Uncaged is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Great White Shark Uncaged Jul 16 2005

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Shark Bites: Adventures in Sha... is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Shark Bites: Adventures in Shark Week Aug 04 2010
WEEK. But when he gets the chance to get off the couch and be in the show, he gets in way over his head. Discovery wants him go to the Bahamas to swim with, touch, and, if he has the guts, FEED ...more

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Jaws of the Pacific is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Jaws of the Pacific Jul 19 2005

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Diary of a Shark Man is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Diary of a Shark Man Jul 15 2005
Diary of a Shark Man is a 2005 drama film written and directed by Jeff Kurr.

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Shark Summer is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Shark Summer

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Bull Shark: World's Deadliest ... is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Bull Shark: World's Deadliest Shark Jul 18 2005

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Chasing Great Whites is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Chasing Great Whites

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Sharkman is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Sharkman Aug 04 2007
Michael Rutzen is on an unbelievable quest -- to hypnotize, in open water, one of the most dangerous animals on the planet – the great white shark. Rutzen has been working with sharks for many ...more

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Spawn of Jaws is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Spawn of Jaws Aug 06 2013
SPAWN OF JAWS follows a scientist on the brink of a breakthrough as he reveals the life cycle of the Great White Shark for the first time, including mating and pupping. Using state of the art ...more

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Sharks in a Desert Sea is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Sharks in a Desert Sea Jul 01 1999

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Air Jaws: Night Stalker is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 28 Episode 9: Famed shark photographer Chris Fallows embarks on his eighth Air Jaws adventure with shark expert Jeff Kurr and shark biologist Dr. Neil Hammerschlag as they discover how great white sharks hunt in total darkness.

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Shark After Dark is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 21 Episode 6: A team of divers descends into the dangerous after-dark hunting ground of sharks.

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Air Jaws Apocalypse is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 24 Episode 1: Air Jaws returns with an incredible all-new look at a flying great white named Colossus. To learn about this 14-foot, 3,000lb giant, a team of shark experts enters his hunting grounds with high tech cameras that capture the great white as never before!

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Air Jaws: Walking with Great W... is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 27 Episode 14: Great white sharks live most of their lives on or near the sea floor where humans dare to venture. Now, world-renowned shark photographer Chris Fallows descends to the bottom in W.A.S.P., a craft that will allow him to enter their mysterious underworld.

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Air Jaws: Sharks of South Afri... is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 101 Episode 3: Witness the awesome power of great white sharks hurtling themselves out of the water to attack their prey. Among the most spectacular predatory events in nature, only great whites of South Africa's False Bay engage in this mighty display.

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What Killed the Mega Beasts? is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
What Killed the Mega Beasts?

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Great White Down Under is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Great White Down Under

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Great White Serial Killer Live... is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 29 Episode 2: Every two years off the coast of California, a scene of great white attacks occur. Could it be the same shark again and again? Dr. Michael Domeier returns to Shark Week with experts Ralph Collier and Cal Lutheran to find the answer once and for all.

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Return of the Great White Seri... is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 27 Episode 4: Since 2008, every two years in October, shark attacks have struck at Surf Beach, California. As October 2014 closes in, the big questions remain: will the attacks happen again? Is it the same shark? Can DNA be used to find the massive 16+ foot killer?

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Ninja Sharks is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 27 Episode 9: Watch a full episode here first! Shark Week premieres on Discovery starting July 5th. Ninja Sharks - Unique adaptations evolved over millions of years make these 6 sharks the most lethal hunters in the sea.

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Jaws Comes Home is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 23 Episode 2: Great Whites are back in the very same waters JAWS was made. Shark expert Greg Skomal is high alert as a huge, 18 foot Great White is spotted off Chatham, MA's beaches. Why have they returned? Where are they going? Is it safe to go back in the water?

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Island of the Mega Shark is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 27 Episode 2: The quest to find the largest great white continues at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The team investigates using the all new untested ghost cage. As exploration shifts into the deep, they discover a mass coming up from the murk. Could it be the Mega Shark?

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Future Shark is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 101 Episode 4: Enter the murky depths of the shark's secret world to witness startling new behaviors. Glimpse a habitat previously unknown to humans as remote control and satellite technology allow cameras to follow these deep-diving predators 24/7.

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Air Jaws II: Even Higher is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Shark Week Episodes
Season 101 Episode 5: Do great white sharks fly through the air only in one secluded bay in South Africa, or do they roam the world's oceans waiting for just the right opportunity to go airborne? Follow the jaw-dropping aerial acrobatics of these one-ton, 15-foot predators.