Shark Week Schedule 2022

This is the moment you've been waiting for... SHARK WEEK is about to get your heart pumping with 25 hours of new shows featuring never-before-seen footage of walking sharks, groundbreaking findings, and more mega breaches.

Plus, as the first-time Master of Ceremonies, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson will kick off Shark Week's historic 34th year. Additional special guests during the week include Tracy Morgan, Sal Vulcano, James Murray, Brian Quinn, and the cast of "Jackass".

Here is your SHARK WEEK guide to everything you need to know: what to watch, where, and when.

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July 11, 2022

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Dawn of the Monster Mako

A 14-foot Giant Mako is spotted in the waters of the Azores. Underwater cinematographer Joe Romiero and his wife, marine biologist Lauren, search the teeming depths around the ancient islands to capture the beast on film.

Pre-premiere: Stream Friday, July 15 on discovery+

The Haunting of Shark Tower

News of a harrowing shark encounter at Frying Pan Tower has Underwater Cinematographer Andy Casagrande and Shark Expert Kori Garza on a dangerous quest to discover if great white sharks hunt in the waters off the coast of North Carolina.

Pre-premiere: Stream Friday, July 15 on discovery+

Great White Intersection

Following the tragic and fatal shark attack of Arthur Medici in September 2018, Great White Intersection takes an in-depth look at the resurgence of great white sharks off the beaches of Cape Cod as the local community struggles to come to terms with a new reality.

Pre-premiere: Stream Saturday, July 23 on discovery+

Return to Headstone Hell

Dr. Riley Elliott returns to Norfolk Island with underwater cinematographer Kina Scollay to see what happens when the island's tiger sharks go head-to-head with migrating great whites over an unusual food source: cow carcasses.

Watch Sunday, July 24 at 7:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Great White Battleground

Michelle Jewel believes the largest population of leaping great whites in South Africa do more than just hunt for their favorite prey. Join Michelle as she embarks on a journey to prove these sharks are breaching to communicate with each other.

Watch Sunday, July 24 at 8:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Jackass Shark Week 2.0

Chris Pontius, Wee Man, Jasper, Dark Shark, Zach Holmes and Poopies are back to finish what they started. After the guys went on a terrifying Shark Week mission last year, the boys head out to get their friend poopies over his fear of sharks.

Watch Sunday, July 24 at 9:00pm ET/PT and Saturday, July 30 at 10:00pm ET/ PT on Discovery and discovery+

Great White Open Ocean

In 2020, shark diving expert Jimi Partington nearly dies in the jaws of a great white. A year later, he looks to overcome his PTSD and get back in the water with the ocean's biggest megasharks. But what starts off as a positive experience, quickly becomes a battle for life and death.

Watch Sunday, July 24 at 10:30pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Stranger Sharks

Mark Rober and Noah Schnapp from Stranger Things are teaming up for the ultimate Shark Week adventure -- exploring abandoned undersea ruins and manmade artificial reefs searching for the strangest sharks in the ocean.

Watch Monday, July 25 at 7:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Air Jaws: Top Guns

High-flying sharks are back, but with a new team competing to be the next "top guns" of Air Jaws. Dickie Chivell and Andy Casagrande use the latest high-tech cameras in hopes of capturing new iconic shots that made Air Jaws legendary.

Watch Monday, July 25 at 8:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Great White Serial Killer: Fatal Christmas

After a surfer dies off Morro Bay, California on Christmas Eve, shark attack investigators Ralph Collier and Brandon McMillan use forensic evidence and eyewitness accounts to ID the suspected killer: an 18-foot great white.

Watch Monday, July 25 at 9:00pm on Discovery and discovery+

Rise of the Monster Hammerheads

Reports of two legendary, very large great hammerheads, Big Moe in the Florida Keys and Sunken in Andros, Bahamas, have Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Andy Casagrande wondering if there is a clan of monster hammerheads who share the same DNA.

Watch Monday, July 25 at 10:00pm on Discovery and discovery+

Mega Predators of Oz

In South Australia, a fisherman found a half-eaten mako and shark experts say only one species is responsible. Using underwater ultrasound imagery, tissue sampling and collecting DNA, they will prove that the great white is the ultimate MEGA PREDATOR.

Watch Monday, July 25 at 11:00pm on Discovery and discovery+

Extinct or Alive Jaws of Alaska

International wildlife biologist Forrest Galante travels the world in search of rare and elusive wildlife, including those lost to science, and mysterious cold-water sharks.

Watch Tuesday, July 26 at 7:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Impractical Jokers Shark Week Spectacular

The Impractical Jokers are the kings of hijinx and fearless in the face of public humiliation, but what happens when they set out to dispel the myth that sharks are man-eating beasts the only way they know how - WITH EXTREME, MORTIFYING DARES.

Watch Tuesday, July 26 at 8:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+; Thursday, July 28 at 9:00 pm ET/PT on truTV

Jaws vs Kraken

Something shocking is happening in the abyss around Guadalupe Island. Photos of great whites with strange scars believed to be from giant squids have surfaced. Dr. Tristan Guttridge leads a mission to get a glimpse into the battles between the two beasts.

Watch Tuesday, July 26 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Pig vs Shark

The famous swimming pigs of the Bahamas may be in peril. Some believe that the local tiger shark population have acquired a taste for pork and may be feasting on these famous oink-sters.

Watch Tuesday, July 26 at 10:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Raging Bulls

Bull sharks are one of Australia's "Big 3" deadly shark species, and recently, there's been a shift in their behavior concerning the human population. Paul De Gelder joins Johan Gustafson to uncover why these sharks are becoming more aggressive hunters.

Watch Tuesday, July 26 at 11:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Island of the Walking Sharks

Animal Planet’s International wildlife conservationist and biologist Forrest Galante travels the world in search of new and mysterious species of sharks, as well as forgotten or unseen creatures that have been misidentified or declared extinct.

Watch Wednesday, July 27 at 8:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Mechashark: Love Down Under

Shark expert Kina Scollay and his elite team return with a unique one-man-submersible, the Mechashark, to a top-secret location off New Zealand attempting to do something that’s never been done: locate a Great White shark mating ground.

Watch Wednesday, July 27 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Mission Shark Dome

A team of shark experts uses new dive technology to get closer to sharks like never before. Dr. Austin Gallagher and Andre Musgrove enter the Shark Dome to allow them to dive without noisy scuba equipment to locate an elusive great white pupping zone.

Watch Wednesday, July 27 at 10:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Great White Comeback

In 2017, one of the strangest ocean mysteries occurred in South Africa when an entire great white shark population disappeared overnight. Alison Towner and her team head out on an epic investigation to find the missing great whites of Seal Island.

Watch Wednesday, July 27 at 11:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Tracy Morgan Presents: Sharks! with Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan teams up with shark experts throughout the country to identify the craziest and most ferocious sharks in the ocean. From rare species to stealth predators, Tracy shows off his favorite sharks and their incredible capabilities and adaptations.

Watch Thursday, July 28 at 8:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Shark House

After great whites started washing up dead in South Africa, Dickie Chivell spent years building and testing an undersea "Shark House" to find out why. Now, ready to deploy, he's not just looking for answers, he's looking for survivors too.

Watch Thursday, July 28 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Monster Mako Under the Rig

A team of researchers have discovered a mysterious group of mako sharks of the Gulf of Mexico who migrate around Florida and up to Rhode Island. They call these makos Mavericks. Now, the teams are trying to discover what sets them apart from other makos.

Watch Thursday, July 28 at 10:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Tiger Queen

The shark population in Turks and Caicos has a sizable concentration of female tiger sharks, leaving scientists wondering where all the males are hiding. Shark enthusiast Kinga Philipps joins Dr. Austin Gallagher to help solve this puzzling mystery.

Watch Thursday, July 28 at 11:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Jaws vs the Blob

A new ocean phenomenon known as The Blob sends juvenile Great White sharks straight into a feeding frenzy for monster 20ft adults off the coast of Guadalupe Island. A team of shark experts dives deep to discover if the young sharks survive or become a snack.

Watch Friday, July 29 at 8:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Clash of Killers: Great White vs Mako

Scientist Dr. Riley Elliott is tracking two of the ocean’s most legendary apex predators – great whites and makos – as they head on a collision course during their yearly migration off the coast of New Zealand.

Watch Friday, July 29 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Shark Women: Ghosted by Great Whites

Alison Towner has risked her life many times, studying the migration patterns and tagging white sharks in South Africa for the past decade. This spectacular adventure with the next generation of shark explorers, Alison, and her all-female crew will pull all the stops - cage dive, free dive, deploy drones and decoys, and more - to find her missing white sharks.

Watch Friday, July 29 at 10:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

The Great Hammerhead Stakeout

Dr. Tristan Guttridge and James Glancy travel to Andros Island to investigate reports of an exclusive population of giant hammerheads. To get answers, they attempt one of the longest shark dives ever upwards of 10 hours using an underwater habitat.

Watch Friday, July 29 at 11:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Monsters of the Cape

Shark Week Veterans Dr. Craig O'Connell and Mark Rackley dive into the great white-infested waters off of Cape Cod looking to test cutting-edge shark deterrents to help keep the waters of the Cape safe for both beach-goers and sharks, before it's too late.

Watch Saturday, July 30 at 8:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Sharks in Paradise

Shark conservationist Kinga Philipps and scientist Tristan Guttridge embark on an expedition through the remote Islands of Tahiti to investigate whether local legends and mysteries about massive tiger sharks are true.

Watch Saturday, July 30 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+

Shark Rober

YouTube star, NASA engineer and inventor Mark Rober teams up with marine biologist Luke Tipple to test the theory that sharks can smell human blood from a mile away. They get surprising results from three species of shark, using cutting-edge electronics.

Watch Saturday, July 30 at 11:30pm ET/PT on Discovery and discovery+