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Shark Week: 2016

17 episodes Premiered Jun 26, 2016 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on Shark Week

Season 29 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Shark Week Season 28.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 29 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 29: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (13): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S29·E1 Mytharc

Tiger Beach

Jun 26, 2016 · 42 min

Dr. Neil Hammerschlag is the world's leading tiger shark expert. Now, he's on a quest to answer what he calls the trifecta of tiger shark science: where do these giant sharks mate,

S29·E2 Core

Return of The Monster Mako

Jun 26, 2016 · 42 min

Professional shark tagger Keith Poe, and marine biologists Greg Stuntz, Matt Ajemain and their team use state-of-the-art technology to try to document a live-predation of a thousan

S29·E3 Core

Isle of Jaws

Jun 26, 2016 · 42 min

In 2016, award-winning shark cinematographer Andy Casagrande discovered that great white sharks had strangely and completely disappeared from the Neptune Islands off South Australi

S29·E4 Core

Shallow Water Invasion

Jun 27, 2016 · 42 min

Using a self-propelled shark cage called "The Explorer", marine biologists Mauricio Hoyos and Grant Johnson will investigate a recent discovery at Guadalupe Island - great whites m

S29·E5 Core

Jaws of the Deep

Jun 27, 2016 · 42 min

Marine biologist Greg Skomal and the REMUS SharkCam team return to Guadalupe to find the world's largest great white shark, Deep Blue. This time, they deploy two robot subs: one th

S29·E6 Core

Sharks Among Us

Jun 27, 2016 · 42 min

Shark encounters are increasing around the globe. The solutions to deal with the public's growing anxiety range from culling to using nets and drumlins - all of which kill sharks.

S29·E7 Core

Wrath of a Great White Serial Killer

Jun 28, 2016 · 42 min

A newcomer has taken residence in the waters of the Pacific Northwest... the great white shark. Shark expert Ralph Collier and Brandon McMillian seek answers to the main questions

S29·E8 Core

Air Jaws: Night Stalker

Jun 28, 2016 · 42 min

Famed shark photographer Chris Fallows embarks on his 8th Air Jaws adventure with shark expert Jeff Kurr and shark biologist Neil Hammerschlag as they discover how great white shar

S29·E9 Core

Deadliest Sharks

Jun 29, 2016 · 42 min

Using cutting-edge research and thrilling historical evidence, Dr. Michael Domeier and Dr. Barry Bruce go looking for rare oceanic white tip sharks, to see if the species deserve t

S29·E10 Core

Sharks vs. Dolphins: Face Off

Jun 29, 2016 · 42 min

Sharks and dolphins have shared the ocean for ages, but only recently, scientists have begun to understand the true nature of the relationship between these two masters of the sea.

S29·E11 Core

Nuclear Sharks

Jun 30, 2016 · 42 min

Grandson to legendary underwater explorer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau, and his wife Ashlan Gorse Cousteau travel with marine biologist Luke Tipple to Bikini A

S29·E12 Mytharc

Jungle Shark

Jun 30, 2016 · 42 min

Marine biologist Dr. Craig O'Connell and Andy Casagrande travel up the Serena River in the rainforests of Costa Rica to try and find out why young bull sharks swim up the river, an

S29·E13 Core

Shark Bait

Jul 1, 2016 · 42 min

There's been a war going on between seal and great whites for millions of years. Now there's a new battleground on the map called Cape Cod. It's different in every way from the usu

S29·E14 Core

Blue Serengeti

Jul 1, 2016 · 42 min

Famed marine biologist and shark expert Barbara Block has been studying the white sharks off of California for more than 27 years. Now, with breakthrough camera technology and trac

S29·E15 Core

Sharksanity 3

Jul 2, 2016 · 42 min

We scour the seas to bring you the greatest moments from SHARK WEEK 2016! Only the closest calls, biggest bites, and greatest gadgets made the cut! Then, we're revealing your top p

S29·E16 Mytharc

The Killing Games

Jul 3, 2016 · 42 min

Dr. Jonathan Werry and shark cinematographer Andy Casagrande travel to a special location in South Australia to research a new great white hunting strategy, where they no longer wa

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