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The Best Episodes of Sea Hunt Season 1

Every episode of Sea Hunt Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sea Hunt Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 38 - The Sea Has Ears
    8.5/10(27 votes)

    S1:E38

    The murder of a telephone company employee leads Mike to an underwater cable that is being tapped to access top-secret research Conferences.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 9 - Gold Below
    8.4/10(38 votes)

    S1:E9

    A pair of ruthless treasure hunters dupes a young skin diver into helping them loot a sunken ship.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Gene Levitt

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  3. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 14 - Hardhat
    8.4/10(32 votes)

    S1:E14

    Mike competes with a pair of helmet divers to salvage a German submarine sunk off the coast of South America.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 1 - Sixty Feet Below
    8.3/10(82 votes)

    S1:E1

    Mike tries to free the pilot of a downed jet from his watertight cockpit before his air runs out, without causing the man's death from the water pressure.

    Director:Felix E. Feist
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 16 - The Poacher
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    S1:E16

    Mike is nearly killed by a massive electrical jolt used by a poacher to kill fish in the Florida Everglades.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 19 - Diamond River
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    S1:E19

    Mike supervises a diamond diving expedition in South America, but discovers that his employers are poaching on someone else's property.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 3 - Rapture of the Deep
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    S1:E3

    A grudge between two divers whom Mike is testing for underwater mining skills becomes a secondary issue when one of them contracts nitrogen narcosis.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 8 - Sonar Queen
    8.0/10(36 votes)

    S1:E8

    Hired to test a new electronic fish-finder, Mike encounters a village where every fish in the vicinity has disappeared.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 12 - Midget Submarine
    8.0/10(30 votes)

    S1:E12

    Mike plays commando in rescuing a scientist who had defected from Soviet kidnappers who are returning him to Moscow aboard a Pacific liner.

    Director:Andrew Marton
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 20 - Alligator Story
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    S1:E20

    A vicious alligator escapes from a wild animal show and takes refuge in the lake of a public park.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 35 - The Amphibian
    8.0/10(33 votes)

    S1:E35

    A group of sportsmen hire Mike to supervise their skin-diving outing, whereupon one of them sneaks off and begins photographing secret Navy facilities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 39 - The Manganese Story
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    S1:E39

    Mike discovers an important manganese deposit, but an ambitious young geologist, sharks, and an approaching hurricane threaten to silence him before he can inform the government.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  13. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 5 - The Sea Sled
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    S1:E5

    Mike helps the Immigration Department Border Patrol break up an underwater border-running operation.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 6 - Female of the Species
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    S1:E6

    A beautiful woman hires Mike to give her diving lessons for mysterious reasons.

    Director:Herbert L. Strock
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 10 - Recovery
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    S1:E10

    Mike dives into the Caribbean to recover the lost nose cone from an ICBM rocket before enemy agents can get it.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 23 - Legend of the Mermaid
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    S1:E23

    Mike investigates an underwater grotto said to feature a mermaid that lures men to their deaths.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  17. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 17 - Girl in the Trunk
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    S1:E17

    Mike comes to the aid of a female escape artist when her underwater stunt goes awry.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 21 - Magnetic Mine
    7.8/10(27 votes)

    S1:E21

    An entire Mexican town is menaced by the presence of a derelict floating mine in its harbor that could ignite fumes from the local nitrate factory if it is detonated.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 32 - The Birthday Present
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    S1:E32

    After locating a leak in a gas line and retrieving a young boy's sunken bicycle, Mike is beaten up and threatened by a gang of thugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 36 - Lord Christobal
    7.8/10(28 votes)

    S1:E36

    Mike is hired by an insurance company to investigate the sinking of a freighter, but a murder indicates that someone doesn't want him to complete his task.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 13 - The Shark Cage
    7.7/10(34 votes)

    S1:E13

    Mike and two cameramen are imperiled when an irrationally jealous man drops their camera cage into shark-infested waters.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 15 - Continental Rift
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    S1:E15

    A man claims to have invented a machine that can locate ships carrying gold.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Lee Erwin

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  23. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 26 - The Hero
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    S1:E26

    Mike is hired by a playboy sportsman to supervise their underwater shark ""safari"" in the waters off Peru.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 28 - The Lost Ones
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    S1:E28

    A frustrated former athlete pushes his children to be Olympic swimmers, resulting in their becoming trapped in a cave by a rising tide.

    Director:John Florea
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Sea Hunt Season 1 Episode 30 - The Shipwreck
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    S1:E30

    Mike and three other survivors share a life raft after a storm capsizes their boats.

    Director:Leon Benson
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Sea Has Ears" is the best rated episode of Sea Hunt season 1. It scored 8.5/10 from 27 votes. Directed by Leon Benson and written by Unknown, it aired on September 27, 1958. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Gold Below".