Apr 7, 2012 · 30m
In the series premiere, rehabilitated and returned to the wild, a pod of stranded whales get assistance and rescuers help a baby dolphin who's caught in a fishing line.


Hosted by ABC News correspondent Matt Gutman, the award-winning Sea Rescue™ tells the stories of marine animal rescue, rehabilitation, and return to the wild by the dedicated men and women of the SeaWorld® Rescue Team and partner organizations. With rescue teams on call 24/7 and a legacy spanning more than five decades, SeaWorld has rescued over 26,000 whales, dolphins, sea lions, penguins, manatees, sea turtles and birds, with the ultimate goal of successfully rehabilitating and returning each one to the wild. Sea Rescue shares the teams’ incredible and heartwarming adventures through a combination of first-hand accounts, expert insights, and remarkable footage that will inspire, educate, and enthrall viewers!
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Apr 7, 2012 · 30m
In the series premiere, rehabilitated and returned to the wild, a pod of stranded whales get assistance and rescuers help a baby dolphin who's caught in a fishing line.
Apr 14, 2012 · 30m
Rescuers must wade through alligator infested waters to save a stranded manatee, and a mother manatee suffers an extraordinary injury from an ordinary fishing line.
Apr 21, 2012 · 30m
Join Sam and the Sea Rescue team in this episode as one of the most epic sea mammal rescue efforts in history is prompted by the stranding of a newborn gray whale.
Apr 28, 2012 · 30m
A complicated rescue attempt is made when two manatees get stuck in a storm drain. Also, a sea lion is on the run as it tries to evade the police.
May 5, 2012 · 30m
A badly wounded sea lion resists a rescue attempt, and doctors discover several surprises in a stranded sea turtle’s x-ray.
May 12, 2012 · 30m
An orphaned baby manatee finds a strange surrogate mother, and two other baby manatees become unlikeliest of friends.
May 19, 2012 · 30m
An orphaned pilot whale finds a new home a great distance from where he was first stranded.
Jun 30, 2012 · 30m
Rescuers risk their lives in raging waters to assist three manatees, and a severe cold front threatens another endangered species.
Jul 7, 2012 · 30m
When an oil spill off the coast of South Africa threatens half the world’s African Penguins, rescuers and volunteers come from all over in an extraordinary effort to save the species, making history as the largest animal rescue operation ever completed!
Jul 14, 2012 · 30m
A gray whale is found off the coast of California long after their migration is supposed to be over. After several attempts to lead the whale back out to sea, the team realizes something may be very wrong and has to work fast to figure out the problem.
Jul 21, 2012 · 30m
A rare and endangered sea turtle winds up 5,000 miles from home after being swept up by an ocean current, and two other Sea Turtles survive their own wild ride to the Pacific Northwest, landing a lucky ticket back from the U.S. Coast Guard!
Jul 28, 2012 · 30m
Rescuers attempt to save three dolphins on the brink of disaster: A fragile calf being strangled by razor-sharp fishing line; a displaced dolphin trapped in a freshwater lake 100 miles from the ocean; and a critically ill dolphin whose only chance of survival is a radical medical treatment used on humans!
Aug 4, 2012 · 30m
When a manatee becomes trapped deep in a storm sewer, rescuers brave the spiders and sludge to save it in one of their most complex operations to date! Then, another animal winds up in a tight spot when a freezing manatee camps out in the precarious outflow of a coastal power plant!
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Sea Rescue Season 1 premiered on April 7, 2012.
Sea Rescue Season 1 has 13 episodes.
The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Stranded". It aired on April 7, 2012.
Go to Season 1 Episode 1