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Sea Hunt Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1958 - 1958
Episode 1
Sixty Feet Below
Sat, Jan 4, 195830 mins
Undersea diver Mike Nelson is a former navy frogman who now works at Marineland. When an experimental supersonic fighter is forced to ditch at sea, the manufacturers hire Mike to locate it and attach a marker buoy so it can be raised. Mike has little trouble finding the aircraft in about 60 ft. of water. What he also finds is the pilot, alive in the airtight cockpit, but with only 15 minutes of oxygen remaining in his tanks. It up to Mike to find a way to get him out.
Episode 2
Flooded Mine
Sat, Jan 11, 195830 mins
Mike travels 1500 miles inland to a flooded mine where two men are trapped in a foul air pocket. He reaches them, but his dilemma is that there is only enough air in his tank to rescue the miners one-at-a-time and not enough air in the pocket for the remaining man to survive until he returns with more air. Who will go? Who will stay? How will he decide?
Episode 3
Rapture of the Deep
Sat, Jan 25, 195830 mins
Mike Nelson is hired by a mining company that has located a source of beryllium in an underwater location off the coast of Madagascar. The site is 170 ft. below the surface and Mike points that not only do you require experienced divers at that depth but anyone diving below 120 ft. is subject to nitrogen narcosis, also known as rapture of the deep, where men begin to hallucinate. Mike's job is to find divers who can work at that depth but for two divers who know each other, their personal animosity may get in the way.
Episode 4
Mark of the Octopus
Sat, Feb 1, 195826 mins
Mike Nelson is hired to locate two geologists who were conducting a survey just off the coast. When a body washes up on shore, it turns out to be one of the missing men. The tentacles marks on his leg seem to suggest that he was attacked by an octopus but Mike doesn't believe that as an octopus will not normally attack swimmers. Unbeknown to him the second diver, Wilkes, wants to keep the survey results for himself as it indicates the existence of large oil deposits. Wilkes also has a partner and as a result Mike's life is in danger.
Episode 5
The Sea Sled
Sat, Feb 8, 195830 mins
The Immigration Department contacts Mike after he rescues a young woman from the ocean. Officials believe she is involved in smuggling foreign criminals into the states. After having her released into his custody, the tables are turned and Mike finds himself being held by the woman and her brother. They want to keep Nelson quiet until their other brother has safely slipped into the country.
Episode 6
Female of the Species
Sat, Feb 15, 195830 mins
A mysterious woman who's hired Mike for private diving lessons proves so inept that, after a week, Mike drops her fearing she'll accidentally kill herself. Her motivation for the lessons becomes clear when an insurance investigator shows up; her boyfriend is doing time for a jewel heist and the loot is stashed 150 feet down.
Episode 7
Mr. Guinea Pig
Sat, Feb 22, 195830 mins
While working on a project to formulate a safety code for skin divers, Mike meets up with an old flame who has her own safety issues while skin diving. She is trying to combine skin diving with her job as a photographer, but needs a portfolio and wants Mike's help in shooting a sunken barge off the coast of Mexico. Her impatience brings both Mike and her to the brink of death.
Episode 8
Sonar Queen
Sat, Mar 1, 195830 mins
Mike Nelson has been hired to test a new relatively inexpensive sonar device that can be used as a fish finder. After a day of testing they dock in a small Mexican village where an old fisherman is being beaten. It seems the old man is catching plenty of fish while the other fisherman are returning practically empty handed. He's refusing to tell them where this fishing spot is located and some are accusing him of witchcraft. Mike steps in not only to protect the old man but to find out why the fish seem to be congregating in one particular location.
Episode 9
Gold Below
Sat, Mar 8, 195830 mins
Salvage operators want to hire Mike to help them find the wreck of a Japanese freighter that went down off the coast of Mexico in the 1920s. The ship is supposed to have $100,000 in gold in the safe in the captain's office and they need an experienced diver offering Mike $20,000 to retrieve it for them. Their reputation precedes them however and Mike turns them down flat. When a young friend takes the job, Mike has no choice to go with him but keeps his eyes open knowing that at some point the salvage men will try to kill them.
Episode 10
Recovery
Sat, Mar 15, 195830 mins
Mike is hired by the US government to locate the nose cone of an experimental rocket that went down in the Caribbean. It's a hush-hush operation and Mike is joined by another agent, Catherine Martin, an expert diver who also happens to teach judo. As they go out to sea, they are being followed. Mike and Catherine have little difficulty locating the nose cone but when Mike gets trapped under water and Catherine taken prisoner by the enemy agents, both of their lives are on the line.
Episode 11
Killer Whale
Sat, Mar 22, 195830 mins
Mike hunts down a killer whale that has been terrorizing a local coastal community.
Episode 12
Midget Submarine
Sat, Mar 29, 195830 mins
Mike pilots a mini-submarine in an attempt to rescue a Russian scientist defector from a ship, where he is being held by his Soviet kidnappers.
Episode 13
The Shark Cage
Sat, Apr 5, 195830 mins
Nelson is hired to study shark behavior at various depths and the effects of a new shark repellent.In Caribbean waters and with two other divers assisting him,he is lowered in a shark "cage" to accomplish the assignment.Before it is all over Mike is reminded that human beings also pose a danger to his life.
Episode 14
Hard Hat
Sat, Apr 12, 195830 mins
Nelson,brought to the Latin American port of Santa Pueblo,investigates a recently found German WWII submarine.The sub,which had been on a secret mission,may contain secret documents or weapons,the remains of top Nazi Party members-or gold! "Hard hat" divers backed by the country's dictator interfere in the exploration.
Episode 15
Marvelous Treasure Machine
Sat, Apr 19, 195830 mins
An overly energetic man appears on Nelson's boat and claims to have built a machine which can find shipwrecks by calculating where the shifting of the earth's plates have moved them. After a successful test run, the objective is to find lost barges carrying gold! Oddly, Nelson is more interested in the machine itself.
Episode 16
The Poacher
Sat, Apr 26, 195830 mins
Mike assists the authorities in trying to apprehend a poacher operating in the swamps of Silver Springs, Florida.
Episode 17
Girl in the Trunk
Sat, May 3, 195830 mins
Mike dives to see how a woman escapes from a locked truck at the bottom of a lake. Watching a near-tragedy underwater, he takes his concerns to Harry Baldwin, the head of the carnival show. The girl's life is placed in serious danger when Harry sabotages the trick in revenge for her falling in love with another man.
Episode 18
The Sponge Divers
Sat, May 10, 195830 mins
Mike comes to the aid of a young diver - in more ways than one.
Episode 19
Diamond River
Sat, May 17, 195830 mins
Nelson,in Florida and in the early stages of testing an underwater listening device (a Hydraphone),sidetracks to Panama to train scuba diving to two geologists.The geologists are seeking to find diamonds in a Panamanian riverbed.Snake infested waters and the Hydraphone eventually save Nelson from his "students".
Episode 20
Alligator Story
Sat, May 24, 195830 mins
Mike Nelson goes after a vicious alligator that escapes from a wild-animal show in Silver Springs, Fla. and takes refuge in the lake in a public park.
Episode 21
Magnetic Mine
Sat, May 31, 195830 mins
Mike Nelson learns of a derelict mine which has drifted into a California harbor.
Episode 22
Underwater Patrol
Sat, Jun 7, 195830 mins
Mike Nelson travels from his home base of Marineland, California to Silver Springs, Florida. There he trains a pair of Florida Highway Patrolmen in scuba diving so as to combat crimes, such as outboard motor thefts. However, a robber well versed in scuba diving becomes the FHP's first test in "underwater policing".
Episode 23
Legend of the Mermaid
Sat, Jun 14, 195830 mins
Diving for sponges off of Florida, Mike hears bells as a fierce current tries to force him into a cave. He barely escapes death, but learns many other divers have met their demise after being lured in by an evil mermaid. Obsessed with solving the mystery, Mike is determined to dive again.
Episode 24
Pressure Suit
Sat, Jun 21, 195830 mins
A professor and his daughter hire Mike to harvest a rare underwater plant from a South American lake. The anxious old man joins Mike for the dive, comes up too quickly, and develops the bends. Hoping to save the man's life, Mike radios a nearby military base looking for a pressure suit used by high-altitude pilots.
Episode 25
The Prospectors
Sat, Jun 28, 195830 mins
Two prospectors (one of whom is at times violently paranoid about being cheated) ask Nelson to join them in a search for uranium deposits in a river bottom. When after two futile weeks Nelson finally has a positive reading on his Geiger counter, the paranoid partner snaps and lets his suspicions get the better of him.
Episode 26
The Hero
Sat, Jul 5, 195830 mins
To fund research for an "ocean plants into food products" project, Nelson agrees to travel to Puerto Blanco/South America. There he teaches skin diving to a thrill seeking millionaire hunter and his wife. The boorish hunter wants to kill a large shark and a giant squid for his trophy case. An accident quickly matures the man.
Episode 27
Underwater Station
Sat, Jul 12, 195830 mins
While off the coast filming whales, Mike and his boat-mate learn another guided missile expert has disappeared in the area. Investigating suspicious activity by some divers he spots, Mike discovers the missing scientist is hidden beneath the surface in an underwater holding cell.
Episode 28
The Lost Ones
Sat, Jul 19, 195830 mins
Offshore near Santa Barbara,Nelson is testing a sea "scooter". Meanwhile,a know-it-all ex-athlete and his wife are spending the day at the beach with their two kids. The kids are carelessly allowed to explore the area and end up trapped in a cave which high-tide will engulf. Nelson and his scooter attempt to be of help.
Episode 29
Capture of the Santa Rosa
Sat, Jul 26, 195830 mins
Mike attempts to rescue a kidnapped Latin American diplomat being held with his wife at sea on his pleasure boat named Santa Rosa.
Episode 30
The Shipwreck
Sat, Aug 2, 195830 mins
Mike shares his rubber life raft with three others following a sudden storm that sank their boats. It's soon clear the others have no experience on the sea, making Mike their sole hope for survival. After six days adrift, everyone's strength and hope has been depleted.
Episode 31
The Big Dive
Sat, Aug 9, 195830 mins
Stuntman diver Tom Gale wants to make a name for himself by diving to 380 feet and setting the skin diving depth record. Mike tries to talk him out of risking his life with such a reckless grab at publicity, but gets nowhere. The young man is clearly being pressured into this by his father, a former athlete who's willing to risk his son's life for another record.
Episode 32
The Birthday Present
Sat, Aug 16, 195830 mins
After finishing up a job, Mike retrieves the bicycle of young Jimmy who lost it off the pier. For some reason, his dive has upset a gang of thugs who rough him him. Clearly, there's something on the bottom that the hooligans didn't want found. Mike comes back for a late-night dive to discover what it might be. He's lucky his new friend Jimmy is looking out for him.
Episode 33
Dead Man's Cove
Sat, Aug 23, 195830 mins
The police ask Mike for his thoughts on a man whose wife didn't resurface after photographing a shipwreck. The husband says she simply went deeper than she could handle. Examining the couple's photos, Mike realizes the man's lying. To get a confession, Mike fools him into believing they can retrieve her body from 500 feet down.
Episode 34
Killer Rock
Sat, Aug 30, 195830 mins
Mike is called to Canada by an engineering firm to destroy "Killer Rock," an underwater peak that has caused many ships to sink and hundreds to die. The chief engineer of the company dives with Mike and they discover a cave system they can fill with explosives. The decision is made to use highly-dangerous liquid nitro to destroy the shipping hazard.
Episode 35
The Amphibian
Sat, Sep 6, 195830 mins
Avalon Air hires Mike for the easy job of watching over a group of competent sports divers he knows well. Joining them is one stranger, George Peterson, who goes missing from the rest of the divers. A search finally finds him on the off-limits side of San Granada island, photographing a top secret Navy facility for the underwater launching of missiles.
Episode 36
Lord Cristobal
Sat, Sep 13, 195830 mins
Mike investigates a sunken freighter for an insurance company and to search for an earlier diver who never resurfaced. The salvage ship operator he hires to transport him wants the wreck all to himself. Not hesitating to kill again, he refills one of the air tanks with deadly carbon monoxide.
Episode 37
Decoy
Sat, Sep 20, 195830 mins
Mike investigates reports of a sea monster, which is literally causing whales to leap into the air above the ocean's surface.
Episode 38
The Sea Has Ears
Sat, Sep 27, 195830 mins
Mike investigates the murder of a diver who maintained an underwater phone cable connecting a chemical company with the mainland. He discovers the wire is being tapped to gain information on a top secret project at the chemical company. The cable is monitored for them to tap in again so Mike can capture the spies.
Episode 39
The Manganese Story
Sat, Oct 4, 195830 mins
Mike battles rough weather, sharks, bullets, and even a giant clam, as he searches for a deep-water manganese deposit, which could be invaluable to the U.S. Government.