Series synopsis
Sea Rescue is an American drama television series that premiered on ABC on April 7, 2012. It ended on June 2, 2018. It stars Sam Champion.
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 ...
Premise
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!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Episodes
This series spans 8 seasons with 169 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | April 7, 2012 | August 4, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 26 | October 6, 2012 | July 20, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 26 | October 5, 2013 | July 26, 2014 |
| Season 4 | 26 | October 4, 2014 | July 25, 2015 |
| Season 5 | 26 | October 3, 2015 | May 28, 2016 |
| Season 6 | 26 | October 1, 2016 | May 27, 2017 |
| Season 7 | 26 | October 7, 2017 | June 2, 2018 |
| Season 8 | 0 | January 1, 2021 | April 23, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Stranded 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. |
April 7, 2012 |
| 2 |
Dangerous Entanglements 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. |
April 14, 2012 |
| 3 |
Whale of a Tale 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. |
April 21, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dangerous Passages Rescuers discover the shocking cause behind Valentine the sea lion’s injuries, and then two sick humpback whales, Delta and Dawn, take a wrong turn and swim 90 miles inland! |
October 6, 2012 |
| 2 |
Stuck in the Muck A rare Bryde’s whale is rescued from a beach, but its size and poor health become major challenges for rescuers. Then hundreds of dolphins are stranded in thick mud, and rescuers must rush to save them! |
October 13, 2012 |
| 3 |
True Bromance Researchers and rescuers recount the epic story of C6 the dolphin. He was attacked by four bull sharks and nearly died. During his rehabilitation, researchers learn about the brotherly bond he shared with another dolphin, C7. |
October 20, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Body in the Water Police in Florida respond to reports of someone in dire need of help floating in the water and are surprised to discover it’s a turtle and he needs help. Then a baby dolphin is tangled in fishing gear in Texas, and his mother won’t leave his side! |
October 5, 2013 |
| 2 |
Big Fish, Small Pond A great white shark becomes trapped in a lagoon off Cape Cod, MA and it’s a race against time to save her! Then, a manatee is hit by a boat and a SeaWorld team responds, but first they must find her! |
October 12, 2013 |
| 3 |
Trapped and Helpless Three manatees are trapped in a pond used to control mosquitoes in Florida, and rescue teams must brave snakes and alligators to save them! Then a sea turtle is found tangled up in a crab pot line off the Coast of South Carolina and is in urgent need of help! |
October 19, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beyond the Call A humpback whale is tangled up in fishing gear and desperately needs help. A rescue team overcomes one challenge after another in an epic, seventeen-day operation to save him. |
October 4, 2014 |
| 2 |
Lost Bearings, Found Hope A young sea lion goes on a journey through the waterways of California and turns up starving and lost, a hundred miles inland. Then freezing arctic temperatures cause the water temperatures to drop and hundreds of sea turtles end up in trouble. |
October 11, 2014 |
| 3 |
The Right Thing to Do A rescue team tries to save a Right whale that's tangle up in a mass of fishing gear. Then, a Sea World bird expert joins the effort to save African penguins whose numbers are threatened by oil spills and a decline in their natural food source. |
October 18, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Gigantic Challenge Marine biologists spend years trying to perfect a technique to help rescue one of the biggest creatures on the planet: the right whale. Then, oil washes ashore during a Gulf spill, and rescuers spring into action to save hundreds of sea turtles in danger. |
October 3, 2015 |
| 2 |
Lucky Streak An exhausted pelican lands on a busy highway in Florida and Sea Rescue host Matt Gutman is there to assist with the rescue. Then, a manatee becomes ill after spending too long in frigid water, so the SeaWorld team launches a rescue mission to help him. |
October 10, 2015 |
| 3 |
Race Against Time A sea lion is slowly being strangled by a loop of line around his neck, so rescuers race to save him. Then, rescue teams work around the clock to prevent an ecological disaster after an oil spill in Galveston, Texas. |
October 17, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
One, Two, Three . . . Rescue! A humpback whale is dragging a mass of commercial fishing gear in its mouth so a rescue team races to help. Then, an unlucky sea turtle has swallowed not one, not two but three fishing hooks. |
October 1, 2016 |
| 2 |
Muddy Waters When a dolphin gets stuck in a muddy inlet, local lifeguards and the SeaWorld Rescue Team join forces to try to save him. Then, an adorable baby sea otter is discovered all alone on a beach in California and rescuers will have to play the role of mother if this precious infant is to have any chance of survival. |
October 8, 2016 |
| 3 |
An Uncommon Visitor When the SeaWorld team responds to a report of a young sea lion wandering into a local seafood restaurant they find her curled up in a booth. Then, thousands of rarely seen seabirds called common murres turn up hungry and exhausted on California beaches triggering, a major rescue effort. |
October 15, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Something to Write Home About It’s the heartwarming tale of an injured sea lion and the caring eight-year old animal lover who became part of the effort to save her life. Then, when a critically endangered leatherback sea turtle washes ashore in Florida, a rescue team leaps into action to save it. |
October 7, 2017 |
| 2 |
Double Jeopardy When a sea lion is spotted with a potentially deadly tangle of fishing gear around his neck, the SeaWorld team races to help. Then, when a creek becomes a death trap for a dolphin, he doesn’t make life easy for rescuers who try to help him. |
October 14, 2017 |
| 3 |
It Takes a Village Meet the dedicated teams who travel to Nicaragua to try to save threatened and endangered sea turtles from extinction. Then, a helpless harbor seal pup is tangled in a deadly nylon fishing net and it’s going to take an air lift to get it to safety. |
October 21, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muddy Race Against Time | January 1, 2021 |
| 2 | Table for One | January 8, 2021 |
| 3 | Backyard Rescue | January 15, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 7, 2012 |
| Last aired | June 2, 2018 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 11:00:00 |