Episode 1
The Wild West
47m4.0 / 10
Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.
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Drain the Oceans
2018TV-PG6 seasons7.0 / 10
Maritime mysteries—old and new—come to life in this series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures, and sunken cities on the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans around the world.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Maritime mysteries—old and new—come to life in this series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures, and sunken cities on the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans around the world.
Season 4 episodes
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Episode 2
The Battle for the Black Swan
47m6.0 / 10
Archaeologists and treasure hunters battle it out over half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Who will win the Battle for the Black Swan?
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Episode 3
Hollywood
47m4.0 / 10
From a buried film set to a WW1 Navy ship and old fishing barge, we discover the role these ruins played in Hollywood movie-making history.
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Episode 4
The First Americans
47m5.0 / 10
Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.
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Episode 5
Venice's Lost Empire
47m5.0 / 10
A 14th-century galley entombed in mud, a 16th-century hoard of luxury cargo, and a gruesome discovery reveal the rise and fall of the Venetian Empire.
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Episode 6
Hurricane Apocalypse
47m4.0 / 10
Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.
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Episode 7
The Great Barrier Reef
47m4.0 / 10
The mysterious sinking of Australia’s “Titanic”, a warship on a dangerous mission, and a ROV expedition searching for clues at the bottom of the reef.
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Episode 8
Sea of Secrets
47m5.0 / 10finale
The Black Sea is a place of myth and legend and ships have sailed on its waters for millennia. Three wrecks unlock secrets of this mysterious sea.Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.
Where to watch Drain the OceansEpisode information updated Jul 24, 2026
More about Drain the Oceans
Cast
Craig SechlerSelf - Narrator (voice)Runar LiaSelf - Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum
Fredrik SoreideSelf - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jann WittSelf - Historian, German Naval Association
David MearnsSelf - Shipwreck Hunter - Blue Water Recoveries
Andrzej SlabySelf - Hydrographer, LOTUS Petrobaltic S.A.
Stephen BurkeSelf - Co-Author 'Freedom of the Seas'
Adam OlejnikSelf - Polish Naval Academy, Co-Author 'Freedom of the Seas'
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 55
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
National GeographicUnited States
Mallinson Sadler ProductionsUnited Kingdom
Electric PicturesAustralia
Themes
explorationmarine
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