Season 1
36 episodes · Jan 8, 1968
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- S1E1
Sharks
Jan 8, 196850mCaptain Cousteau and his ship the Calypso visit the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden in order to study shark behaviour and to test methods of protecting shipwreck and air crash victims from shark attacks. Ichthyologist Dr. Eugenia Clark joins the Calypso crew to study shark behavior and test shark repellents.
- S1E2
Savage World of the Coral Jungle
Mar 6, 196850mThe team travels to the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, an area teeming with animal and plant life, and where numemous complex relationships between different species are played out on a daily basis. Cousteau and his men find a well-ordered universe housing a highly complex community on the coral reef.
- S1E3
Search in the deep
Apr 15, 196850mThe island ot Europa, in the Mozambique Channel between Africa and Madagascar, is the foremost breeding ground of the mysterious sea turtle. The crew's cameras follow the turtles' mating rituals, the females' laboured journey up the beach to lay their eggs, and the fight for survival of the newly-hatched babies. The Calypso crew films the undersea mating dance and subsequent egg-laying of the sea turtle.
- S1E4
Whales
Nov 15, 196850mThe Calypso divers study finback, sperm and killer whales, monitoring their migratory habits by planting small tags in their skin. Captain Cousteau also recounts the romance and legend of the great whales. Cousteau and his crew implant tracking devices into whales off the coasts of Madagascar and California.
- S1E5
The Unexpected Voyage of Pepito and Cristobal
Jan 13, 196950mCaptain Cousteau and the crew of the Calypso adopt a pair of fur seals off the Cape of Good Hope. During an Atlantic crossing the men begin to establish a relationship of trust and friendship with the mammals. Cousteau and his crew take two wild seal pups aboard for study.
- S1E6
Sunken Treasure
Mar 3, 196950mThe crew sets out on a treasure hunt to the Caribbean in search of the wreck of La Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, a Spanish ship that sank over 300 years ago carrying more than $2m in silver and gold.
- S1E7
The Legend of Lake Titicaca
Apr 24, 196950mThe divers travel inland to Peru's Lake Titicaca, testing experimental techniques for diving at high altitude for the first time. Deep in the lake they discover a unique species of frog whose lungs have atrophied like fish, they die when removed from the water. Cousteau's divers investigate the lake's legend of Inca treasure. The treasure proves to be illusory, but ancient pottery and a unique species of aquatic frog are found.
- S1E8
The Desert Whales
Oct 28, 196950mThe Calypso crew follows 35-ton California gray whales on their annual breeding migration. The crew of the Calypso studies the little-known California grey whale, as this once-endangered species embarks on its 5,000-mile annual breeding migration. The team observes the intimate relationships between these creatures, including mating and the feeding of a baby grey.
- S1E9
The Night of the Squid
Jan 16, 197050mThe crew observes as 20 million squid amass in coastal waters to mate, spawn and die. In the waters off southern California the Calypso happens upon the savage, yet touching, spawning ritual of the sea arrow squids of the Pacific. From their exotic mating dance to the microscopic battle for survival of the newly-hatched young, the entire cycle is captured on film by the crew.
- S1E10
Return of the Sea Elephant
Feb 8, 197050mCousteau and his team study the life and death of the sea elephant, a massive sea mammal which returns each year to the small island of Guadalupe for ritual combat, mating and breeding. Finally, the divers discover the sea elephants' secret graveyard, 25 fathoms below the waves. The crew studies the massive creatures as they mate and nurse on Guadalupe.
- S1E11
Those Incredible Diving Machines
Mar 10, 197050mThe history of underwater exploration is traced from the days of Alexander the Great to the development of the aqualung in 1942, the first bathyscaphe in 1948, the diving saucer in 1959, through to a new fleet of modern deep sea submersibles. A photographic essay traces man's endeavors and advances in undersea exploration.
- S1E12
The Water Planet
Mar 28, 197050mAfter more than 140,000 nautical miles travelled aboard the Calypso, and having shot around two million feet of film, Cousteau shares his personal thoughts on the challenges they face filming the infinite phenomena of the water planet. Cousteau presents a behind-the-scenes look at the motivations and challenges driving his crew.
- S1E13
Tragedy of the Red Salmon
Nov 24, 197050mThe Cousteau team follows the spawning migration of the red sockeye salmon from the open sea to the Alaskan waters of their birth, up the Salmon River to remote Fraser Lake.
- S1E14
Lagoon of Lost Ships
May 14, 197150mTruk lagoon in the South Pacific, the site of a fierce battle during WWII, is now home to around 50 sunken Japanese vessels. The crew explores the Pacific lagoon to learn how marine life adapts to foreign matter. The divers discover an uncharted sunken freighter, complete with the skeletons of its long-dead crew.
- S1E15
The Dragons of Galapagos
Feb 24, 197150mThe crew journey to the Galapagos Islands to study the marine iguana, a mysterious dragon-like creature that has reversed the course of evolution and returned to the sea for food and survival.
- S1E16
Secrets of the Sunken Caves
Mar 19, 197150mThe strange geological phenomenon of 'blue holes' is investigated by Captain Cousteau and his team, as they discover an undersea 'cathedral' one hundred feet below the surface.
- S1E17
The Unsinkable Sea Otter
Sep 26, 197150mIn the North Aleutian Islands, Cousteau and his crew observe the rough courtship and tender mating of the sea otter, before continuing to Monterey where the otter's existence is being threatened by man-made hazards such as pollution and illegal hunting.
- S1E18
The Forgotten Mermaids
Dec 21, 197150mThe crew travels to the cypress glades of East Florida to film the manatee, a vegetarian creature of the sea whose closest living relative is the elephant. Learning of the plight of 'Sewer Sam', a manatee trapped in the sewers of Miami, the team attempts to help return Sam to the river.
- S1E19
Octopus, Octopus
Jan 24, 197250mThe crew studies the eight-armed octopus's life cycle and ongoing evolutionary process.
- S1E20
A sound of dolphins
Feb 25, 197250mThe crew isolates a pair of dolphins to study the species' remarkable sonar system.
- S1E21
A smile of the walrus
Nov 5, 197250mThe crew films the walrus lolling on Arctic ice floes and swimming in the frigid sea.
- S1E22
500 million years beneath the sea
Jan 11, 197350mThe crew dives at night to observe the Nautilus -- a living marine fossil.
- S1E23
Hippo!
Feb 16, 197350mThe crew swims among crocodiles to capture the quick-tempered hippo in action beneath the water.
- S1E24
The singing whale
Mar 12, 197350mThe Calypso crew records the plaintive, melodious songs of migrating humpback whales.
S1E25South to fire and ice
Nov 29, 197350mThe crew climbs glaciers, examines whale bones and watches a volcano.
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The flight of penguins
Jan 21, 197450mThe crew observes penguins feeding, mating and raising young.
- S1E27
Beneath the frozen world
Mar 3, 197450mThe crew dives below the ice, and sails above in a hot-air balloon.
- S1E28
Blizzard at Hope Bay
Mar 22, 197450mThe disabled Calypso becomes trapped during a three-day blizzard.
- S1E29
Life at the end of the world
50mThe Calypso sails to Tierra del Fuego to film the disappearing Qawashqar Indians.
- S1E30
Beavers of the north country
Jan 6, 197550mUnderwater cameras capture beavers at work and resting in their dams during winter.
- S1E31
The coral divers of Corsica
Nov 15, 197550mCousteau studies the rapidly disappearing red-coral forests of the Mediterranean Sea.
- S1E32
The sleeping sharks of Yucatan
Nov 15, 197550mCousteau investigates reports of sharks seen resting in underwater caves.
- S1E33
The sea birds of Isabella
50mThe crew journeys off the coast of Mexico to Isla Isabela to study tropical birds.
- S1E34
Mysteries of the hidden reefs
50mCousteau explores the beauty and life of an ancient and complex ecosystem.
- S1E35
The fish that swallowed Jonah
50mCalypso's divers search Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for different species of groupers.
- S1E36
The incredible march of the spiny lobsters
50mLobsters gather annually at Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula for a migratory journey.