Sea Rescue Season 4, Episode 23: Deeply Moving

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.

30 min

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.

30 min

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.

30 min

Babies in Trouble

This special episode of Sea Rescue looks at the remarkable rescues and rehabilitation of some animals that had a rough start in life.

30 min

A Gator Tale

Mr. Stubbs the alligator is missing his tale, so pioneering animal care specialists and scientists band together to make him a prosthetic one. Then, a sea lion with a terrible fishing gaff injury has the Sea World rescue team springing into action.

30 min

Remarkable Recoveries

30 min

The Will to Survive

When rescuers recover a sea otter, they discover he's blind and has an injury to his flipper. Then, a couple in Florida finds a sea turtle floating in the water, so they call in the experts and the survival story of Archie the turtle begins.

30 min

Cold But Not Alone

A manatee is suffering from cod-stress so the Sea World rescue team and partners respond. Then, a sea lion stranded on a beach is reported, and the Sea World Rescue team is in for a surprise when they learn what happened.

30 min

Unlikeliest Rescues

Two whales are stranded; a triangular mat designed by the US Navy is used to save a dolphin; a floating dock becomes a makeshift operating table for a sick manatee; and a pelican brings traffic to a standstill on the Golden Gate Bridge.

30 min

Peril on the High Seas

A humpback whale is tangled in fishing gear off Hawaii, and a rescue team races to untangle it before it dies. Then, a seal survives a shark attack but will require round the clock medical care to survive.

30 min

Amazing Journey

This special episode of Sea Rescue looks back at some of the most extraordinary journeys undertaken by sea animals. Chessie the manatee; Koa and Beaky, two sea turtles; and a flight of pelicans that lands in the Arizona desert.

30 min

Stranded But Not Alone

The survivors of two separate mass pilot whale strandings are introduced to each other. Then, a baby harbor seal washes ashore and all alone on Long Island, NY and a rescue team rushes to help.

30 min

Untying the Knot

A humpback whale is badly tangled up in fishing gear, and a specialist team races to try and save him. Then, a dolphin is tangled in fishing gear, but rescuing this animal proves to be a huge challenge.

30 min

Georgia on My Mind

A tiny, orphaned manatee is rescued from a creek in Georgia and after years of rehabilitation at Sea World, this little girl grows up to become an amazing mom, grandmother, and surrogate mother. It's the heartwarming tale of Georgia the manatee.

30 min

Ups and Downs

A manatee floats at an odd angle after being hit by a boat so the Sea World team steps in to help him. Then, after a rarely seen Bryde's whale strands on a Florida beach, rescuers make history as they try to get Brydie well again and back out to sea.

30 min

A Rocky Road to Recovery

A sick Rissos's dolphin washes ashore in Delaware, and it's a race against time to get him the hep he needs. Then, rescuers have their hands full as they try to help a sea lion in need that's stranded out on some rocks.

30 min

Great Moms

In this special episode, we meet four rescued animals that also happen to be great mothers: a manatee with a newborn and a pregnant manatee that are tangled up in fishing equipment; Strut the sea lion; and Abby the orphan sea otter.

30 min

A Heartwarming Sight

A young dolphin wanders far inland from the Gulf and into a bayou where the fresh water could affect his health. Then, the pioneering and inspiring tale of Briar the sea turtle who needs cataract surgery to restore his vision.

30 min

On the Edge

When a shark floats in the shallow water of a marina, the Sea World Rescue team steps in to help. Then, when sheriff's deputies respond to a call of a body in the waters off the Florida coast, they discover this is not the emergency they were expecting.

30 min

A Deadly Loop

Packing straps floating in the water are ending up around the necks of sea lions, but fortunately help is at hand. Then, the Light-Footed Clapper Rail faces a number of threats in the wild, so innovative rescuers find a way to preserve their numbers.

30 min

A Lifeline to Survival

A sea lion has fishing line wrapped tightly around her neck, so the Sea World Rescue team helps her. Then, a newly hatched leatherback turtle is stuck in its nest, and there's something wrong with its shell.

30 min

It's a Wrap!

When Sea World rescues a newborn harbor seal, it's so cold they wrap it in blankets to keep it alive. Then, a sea turtle is rescued from a nuclear power plant in New Jersey and is flown thousands of miles to its new home.

30 min

Lost in the Fog

A gray whale is tangled up in commercial fishing gear but disappears into the fog as a rescue team tries to free it. Then, a remarkable effort to help Florida sandhill cranes.

30 min

Mother Nature

Superstorm Sandy causes turtles to strand on Cape Cod; an explosive growth of a toxic algal bloom that, in the worst of conditions, can prove deadly for Florida manatees; and a powerful storm system affects the sea lion population.

30 min

True or False

A daring team is on an extraordinary mission to save one of the biggest animals on the planet: the Right whale. Then, when a massive oil spill threatens endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, rescuers race to save them.

30 min