Natgeo wild

Shark Men

SDNSH

Natgeo wild

Shark Men

SDNSH

Synopsis

As one of the planet's most feared creatures, few people would search out a great white shark, let alone try and catch one! Shark Men features a team of anglers and scientists who go against the grain and actively try to hunt these skilled predators.Their aim - to uncover spectacular secrets about the shark's migratory patterns, breeding and birthing sites.

Episodes

Season 3

Season 3
Season 2
Season 1

Tagging Tigers
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Tagging Tigers: In unfamiliar territory with brand new techniques, the team turn their attention to tiger sharks. But can they hone their skills in order to pull one aboard? (S3, ep 1)
Hammerhead Islands
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Hammerhead Islands: The team put new tactics to the test in their hunt for hammerheads. Can they uncover the mysteries of shark migration in the Revillagigedo Islands? (S3, ep 2)
Tiger Escape
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Tiger Escape: The team are caught off guard by the sheer power of three tiger sharks. Challenged like never before, they are forced to seriously reconsider their approach. (S3, ep 3)
Tiger Bait
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Tiger Bait: Eager to hit their target, the team set an irresistible trap on the ocean bed. If successful, what secrets will it reveal about tiger sharks on Socorro Island? (S3, ep 4)
Coming Unglued
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Coming Unglued: As the tagged shark tally rises, so do tensions among the team, throwing their mission to save endangered sharks species into jeopardy. (S3, ep 5)
A Whale Of A Tiger
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A Whale Of A Tiger: With three more tiger sharks to tag before his team can pull anchor, expedition leader Chris urges everyone to focus. Will they fulfil their quota? (S3, ep 6)
Trouble In Paradise
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Trouble in Paradise: The team's mission is thrown into jeopardy when, under the cloak of darkness, shark fin poachers boldly enter Cocos Island's protected waters. (S3, ep 7)
Mission Critical
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Mission Critical: As the crew divides to get the job done, one scientist becomes stranded in deadly waters. Plus, tension within the team hits an all-time high. (S3, ep 8)
Killing Zone
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Killing Zone: Tensions mount as the relentless pace starts to wear the men down. While the focus should be on hammerheads, a fight between Pete and Alex takes centre stage. (S3, ep 9)
Hammered
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Hammered: The crew resort to unusual tactics as they enter the last days of their expedition. Desperately, they turn to night fishing and even to swimming with the sharks. (S3, ep 10)

Beach Patrol
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Beach Patrol: A team of experts risk life and limb to learn more about Earth's most-feared predator. Snapping back into action in Malibu, they begin by hunting young sharks. (S2, ep 1)
Surf's Up
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Surf's Up: The crew land two juvenile white sharks on their expedition, looking to discover how young sharks mysteriously arrive at adult aggregation sites once they mature. (S2, ep 2)
Can't Catch A Break
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Can't Catch A Break: The team hook a great white off the rocky and barren Farallon Islands. But things take a dramatic turn and sanctuary staff suspend their permit. (S2, ep 3)
Getting Lucky
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Getting Lucky: Forbidden to fish, the great white team have time on their hands. Will the sanctuary ever allow them to fish in the Farallon Islands' protected waters again? (S2, ep 4)
Looking For Ladies
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Looking For Ladies: Despite catching almost a dozen sharks near Guadalupe Island, things get problematic when the men start targeting adult females for blood samples. (S2, ep 5)
Monster Catch
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The Holy Grail
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Baby On Board
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Baby On Board: The team hunt for pregnant great white Amy in the Sea of Cortez. However, deadly lines and nets suggest Amy has chosen a bad place for a shark nursery. (S2, ep 8)
Cannibals Of Cortez
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Cannibals Of Cortez: Despite discovering great whites, and pods of sperm whales in the bountiful Sea of Cortez, the men still want more, and go in search of the giant squid. (S2, ep 9)
Squid Row
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Squid Row: The crew believes the giant squid lurks in the deep waters beneath them. But will it show itself? Desperate, they call on the help of a world-famous squid expert. (S2, ep 10)

First Bite
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A team of audacious experts dare to catch, tag and examine great white sharks, who, with 3,000 teeth arranged in several rows, are one of the world's most dangerous predators. (S1, ep 1)
Big Mama
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Big Mama: After the success of catching and releasing their first great whites, the team sets its sights on catching a truly whopping female. (S1, ep 2)
Size Matters
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Size Matters: The Fast and the Furious star Paul Walker joins the team as they head to Guadalupe Island to discover the fate of the four great whites they tagged last year. (S1, ep 3)
The Hot Spot
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The Hot Spot: The crew's plans to catch a big shark are scuppered when a smaller male steals the bait. But this feisty young shark might prove a great catch after all. (S1, ep 4)
Off The Hook
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Off The Hook: The team face a tense hour when a big biter battles with the line. With just three days and three tags left, can they lure a great white onto their boat? (S1, ep 5)
Out For Blood
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Out For Blood: The expedition team in Guadalupe spend the final day attempting their biggest coup yet: to produce a blood sample from a great white female. (S1, ep 6)
Dead Zone
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Dead Zone: With 11 sharks successfully caught, tagged and released, the team embarks on its longest and most dangerous voyage yet to track and monitor these incredible predators. (S1, ep 7)
Rough Seas
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Rough Seas: The crew risk it all tracking tagged sharks in the Pacific Ocean, as a faulty engine, rapidly spoiling bait and storms threaten their mission and their safety. (S1, ep 8)
Single White Male
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Single White Male: Equipped with new technology, the men hope to capture female great whites. But could it be the males that hold the secret to Mexico's shark success? (S1, ep 9)
Hooking Up
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Hooking Up: The team head to Guadalupe Island, Mexico, hoping to land a great white on the cradle so that Dr Domeier can finally prove his theory that sharks go there to breed. (S1, ep 10)