Jonathan Bird's Blue World aired on public television in the USA from 2008-2017 (through season 4) and then we moved to YouTube where we found a larger audience. Instead of showing it as magazine format half-hour television episodes, we broke it up into individual segments as "webisodes." But we continued to produce television shows and release them as groups of seasons. Our international distributor FusionTV released them as Blue World (rather than Jonathan Bird's Blue World) on networks all over the world including France, Poland, Turkey, Romania, Russia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and many more. We are thrilled to announce that the series has returned to the USA on the AWE Network! And we thought you might like a breakdown of how many episodes there actually are!
Series Overview
Season 1 — 5 episodes — 2008 (Standard Definition)
Season 2 — 7 episodes — 2009 (HD)
Season 3 — 9 episodes — 2011 (HD)
Season 4 — 11 episodes — 2014 (HD)
Season 5 — 10 episodes — 2017 (UHD)
Season 6 — 12 episodes — 2018 (UHD)
Season 7 — 13 episodes — 2020 (UHD)
Season 8 — 13 episodes — 2023 (UHD)
Season 9 — 13 episodes — 2025 (UHD)
Season 1 (2008)
Episode 101: Blue Shark Adventure / Underwater Cavern / Giants of the Depths
Episode 102: Swimming with Jaws / The Bandana Game / The Shark and the Whale
Episode 103: A Sharkwreck Mystery / Sea Cows / The Shark with the Long Tail
Episode 104: Wilma the Whale / The Prinz Eugen / The Mysterious Hammerhead
Episode 105: Airplane Graveyard / Killer Clams / The Shark and the Lamprey
Season 2 (2009)
Episode 201: Aquarist for a Day / Mandarinfish / Whale Sharks of Holbox
Episode 202: Manta Rays of Yap / Tropical Fish Rescue / Tiger Sharks
Episode 203: Sea Turtles / Mangroves / Wolffish
Episode 204: Cenotes of Mexico / Venomous Fish / Greenland Sharks
Episode 205: Sea Stars / The Real Nemo / Shark Feeding Frenzy
Episode 206: Lobsters / Remoras / Cayman Stingrays
Episode 207: Antarctic Adventure
Season 3 (2011)
Episode 301: Blue Holes / Georgia Aquarium
Episode 302: Goliath Groupers / Coral and Camouflage
Episode 303: Sully the Pilot Whale / Cleaning Stations
Episode 304: Sea Lions / Humpback Whales
Episode 305: Jake Learns to Dive / Curaçao Dolphins
Episode 306: Sea Snakes / Symbiosis / Coral Spawning
Episode 307: Yucatán Sinkhole / Shark Biology / Ocean Defenses
Episode 308: Blind Cavefish / Coral Reefs / Bottom-dwelling Sharks
Episode 309: Sailfish / Potato Cod / Diver Ed
Season 4 (2014)
Episode 401: Manta Ray Feeding Frenzy / Sea Snakes of Bird Island
Episode 402: Bull Sharks / Inner Space at NASA
Episode 403: Hawaiian Monk Seals / Wounded Warriors / Counting Fish
Episode 404: Artificial Reefs / Free Diving with Karol Meyer
Episode 405: Saving the Sturgeon / Coral Farming in Key Largo
Episode 406: Belugas / Cousteau's Blue Hole / Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins
Episode 407: Aquarius Reef Base / Skates & Rays
Episode 408: Stargate Blue Hole / Sponges
Episode 409: Whitetip Reef Sharks / Kelp Forest / River of Wrecks
Episode 410: Queen Anne’s Revenge: Blackbeard’s Shipwreck / Night of the Mantas
Episode 411: Invasive Species / The Deepest Dive
Season 5 (2017)
Episode 501: Tiger Sharks in the Bahamas / Crystal Cave of Abaco, Bahamas
Episode 502: Muck Diving in Florida / Iceland – The World’s Clearest Water
Episode 503: Tiger Shark as a Camera Operator / Florida Cave Diving
Episode 504: Cave Training in the Bahamas
Episode 505: Mayan Underworld (Yucatán, Mexico)
Episode 506: Flower Garden Banks / Sea Hunt Forever Festival
Episode 507: Sand Tiger Sharks / Marine Biology in Turks & Caicos
Episode 508: Shark Tonic Immobility / Diving with NASA at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Episode 509: The Giant Pacific Octopus
Episode 510: Shark Electrosensory Systems / Helmet Diving / Oil Rig Exploration
Season 6 (2018)
Episode 601: Muck Diving in the Philippines / The Maine Alewife Run
Episode 602: Great White Shark Adventure!
Episode 603: Oman Zebra Sharks / The Goosefish of New England
Episode 604: Devil’s Hole Cave, Nevada
Episode 605: Megalodon Tooth Hunt / Bonaire Coral Farm
Episode 606: Gray Seals of New England / Whale Sharks in the Philippines
Episode 607: Egyptian Adventure in the Red Sea
Episode 608: Family Diving in Bonaire / Florida Manatees
Episode 609: Blind Cave Crayfish / Hammerhead Shark Science / The Leafy Seadragon
Episode 610: Shark Diving with Coyote Peterson
Episode 611: Great Hammerhead Shark “Patches” / Atlantic Spotted Dolphins
Episode 612: Dugongs in the Philippines / Florida Cave Dive at Peacock Springs
Season 7 (2020)
Episode 701: Giant Cuttlefish Spawning / Blue Grotto Cave Dive
Episode 702: Florida Manatee Assessments / Bahamas Shipwreck
Episode 703: Muck Diving at Night / Bermuda Shipwreck
Episode 704: Pajama Squid / Ice Diving
Episode 705: Angel Sharks in California / Sea Turtles of the Philippines
Episode 706: Mysteries of Palau: Reefs and Jellyfish Lake
Episode 707: Palau WWII Shipwrecks / Search for the Mimic Octopus
Episode 708: Sharks at Palau Blue Corner / Cave in Exuma, Bahamas
Episode 709: The Splendid Toadfish / Bahamas Cave Dive
Episode 710: Exuma Swimming Pigs / Cave Dive / Mexican Cave Sharks
Episode 711: Florida Blacktip Sharks / Wildlife of Grand Cayman
Episode 712: Cave Bells of Mexico / Bumphead Parrotfish Spawning
Episode 713: Family Diving the Kittiwake Wreck / Longest Cave in the World
Season 8 (2023)
Episode 801: Zach Gets Certified / Filming Goliaths
Episode 802: Canal Boats of Lake Champlain / Seahorses and Pipefish
Episode 803: Atlantic Wolffish / Aerolito Cave
Episode 804: Deep Wrecks of Lake Champlain / Downtown Aquarium Denver
Episode 805: Florida Aquifers / Bull Sharks of Florida
Episode 806: Horse Ferry Wreck / Jackson Blue Spring Cave Dive
Episode 807: Cave Drift Dive / Florida Triple Wreck Dive
Episode 808: Blackwater Diving / Ginnie Springs Cave Dive
Episode 809: Roatán Sea Turtles / Shangri-La Cave
Episode 810: Search for a Stargazer / Seals at the Selvagens
Episode 811: JoJo the Dolphin / Gator Hole
Episode 812: Belize Adventure
Episode 813: Winter Wonderland Cave / Night Dive in Belize / Hole in the Wall Cave Florida
Season 9 (2025)
Episode 901: Corvette Wreck / Whale Shark Cleaning Station
Episode 902: Cave Salamanders of Florida
Episode 903: Octopus Garden / New England Shipwreck
Episode 904: Antillean Manatees / Alviela Cave
Episode 905: Bonne Terre Mine / Marine Iguanas
Episode 906: Grand Traverse
Episode 907: Black Abyss / Octopus Whisperer
Episode 908: Almonda Cave / Sesimbra Wreck
Episode 909: Underwater Winemaking / Bermuda Boiler Reefs
Episode 910: Madeirense Wreck / Tennessee Aquarium
Episode 911: Plura Cave, Norway
Episode 912: KISS Rebreather Training
Episode 913: Movie Star Joelle Carter Learns to Dive!