Sea Hunt
NR1958•30m•6.6/10
Action & AdventureDrama
Ratings
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Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges as ex-Navy frogman Mike Nelson, and was produced by Ivan Tors.
Production
United Artists Television, Ziv Television Programs
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
January 4, 1958
Last Aired
September 23, 1961
Created By
Ivan Tors
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Sixty Feet Below
Air date: 1958-01-04
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.
E2
Flooded Mine
Air date: 1958-01-11
While investigating the cause of a mine flood that killed thirty men, Mike stumbles upon an air pocket with two survivors.
E3
Rapture of the Deep
Air date: 1958-01-25
A grudge between two divers whom Mike is testing for underwater mining skills becomes a secondary issue when one of them contracts nitrogen narcosis.
E4
Mark of the Octopus
Air date: 1958-02-01
Before Mike can investigate the disappearance of a pair of skin-diving geologists, one turns up dead on the beach bearing marks resembling the suction valves of a giant octopus.
E5
The Sea Sled
Air date: 1958-02-08
Mike helps the Immigration Department Border Patrol break up an underwater border-running operation.
E6
Female of the Species
Air date: 1958-02-15
A beautiful woman hires Mike to give her diving lessons for mysterious reasons.
E7
Mr. Guinea Pig
Air date: 1958-02-22
An attractive magazine photographer hires Mike to assist her in getting pictures of a sunken barge off the coast of Mexico.
E8
Sonar Queen
Air date: 1958-03-01
Hired to test a new electronic fish-finder, Mike encounters a village where every fish in the vicinity has disappeared.
E9
Gold Below
Air date: 1958-03-08
A pair of ruthless treasure hunters dupes a young skin diver into helping them loot a sunken ship.
E10
Recovery
Air date: 1958-03-15
Mike dives into the Caribbean to recover the lost nose cone from an ICBM rocket before enemy agents can get it.
E11
Killer Whale
Air date: 1958-03-22
A killer whale is capsizing boats and endangering scuba divers and swimmers along a stretch of coastline.
E12
Midget Submarine
Air date: 1958-03-29
Mike plays commando in rescuing a scientist who had defected from Soviet kidnappers who are returning him to Moscow aboard a Pacific liner.
E13
The Shark Cage
Air date: 1958-04-05
Mike and two cameramen are imperiled when an irrationally jealous man drops their camera cage into shark-infested waters.
E14
Hardhat
Air date: 1958-04-12
Mike competes with a pair of helmet divers to salvage a German submarine sunk off the coast of South America.
E15
Continental Rift
Air date: 1958-04-19
A man claims to have invented a machine that can locate ships carrying gold.
E16
The Poacher
Air date: 1958-04-26
Mike is nearly killed by a massive electrical jolt used by a poacher to kill fish in the Florida Everglades.
E17
Girl in the Trunk
Air date: 1958-05-03
Mike comes to the aid of a female escape artist when her underwater stunt goes awry.
E18
The Sponge Divers
Air date: 1958-05-10
Mike interrupts an underwater survey in the Gulf of Mexico in order to save a diver whose air line has become snarled.
E19
Diamond River
Air date: 1958-05-17
Mike supervises a diamond diving expedition in South America, but discovers that his employers are poaching on someone else's property.
E20
Alligator Story
Air date: 1958-05-24
A vicious alligator escapes from a wild animal show and takes refuge in the lake of a public park.
E21
Magnetic Mine
Air date: 1958-05-31
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.
E22
Underwater Patrol
Air date: 1958-06-07
The State of Florida hires Mike to organize and train an underwater police force to deal with a series of underwater crimes.
E23
Legend of the Mermaid
Air date: 1958-06-14
Mike investigates an underwater grotto said to feature a mermaid that lures men to their deaths.
E24
Pressure Suit
Air date: 1958-06-21
A professor and his daughter hire Mike to help them search for a rare underwater plant in Costa Rica.
E25
The Prospectors
Air date: 1958-06-28
A pair of prospectors hire Mike to trace the source of radioactive fish with a Geiger counter in hopes of finding a uranium deposit.
E26
The Hero
Air date: 1958-07-05
Mike is hired by a playboy sportsman to supervise their underwater shark ""safari"" in the waters off Peru.
E27
Underwater Station
Air date: 1958-07-12
Mike finds a famous rocket scientist being held in an underwater prison by enemy agents.
E28
The Lost Ones
Air date: 1958-07-19
A frustrated former athlete pushes his children to be Olympic swimmers, resulting in their becoming trapped in a cave by a rising tide.
E29
Capture of the Santa Rosa
Air date: 1958-07-26
Mike leads a diving team in rescuing a Latin American diplomat and his family from kidnappers.
E30
The Shipwreck
Air date: 1958-08-02
Mike and three other survivors share a life raft after a storm capsizes their boats.
E31
The Big Dive
Air date: 1958-08-09
Mike's work on a movie prompts a fellow stunt diver to attempt a dangerous record-setting dive.
E32
The Birthday Present
Air date: 1958-08-16
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.
E33
Dead Man's Cove
Air date: 1958-08-23
An underwater camera holds the key to determining whether a woman's drowning was accidental, as her husband claims, or not.
E34
Explosion
Air date: 1958-08-30
Mike is hired to destroy an underwater offshore peak that is notorious for ripping the hulls out of passing ships.
E35
The Amphibian
Air date: 1958-09-06
A group of sportsmen hire Mike to supervise their skin-diving outing, whereupon one of them sneaks off and begins photographing secret Navy facilities.
E36
Lord Christobal
Air date: 1958-09-13
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.
E37
Decoy
Air date: 1958-09-20
Mike investigates reports of a sea monster off the coast of Mexico.
E38
The Sea Has Ears
Air date: 1958-09-27
The murder of a telephone company employee leads Mike to an underwater cable that is being tapped to access top-secret research Conferences.
E39
The Manganese Story
Air date: 1958-10-04
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.
Cast
Lloyd Bridges
Mike Nelson
