The Best Ocean Exploration Documentaries

Oceans - 40 free documentaries about ocean exploration.

Start with Uncovering the Secrets of New York City (47 min, National Geographic), then Gulf of Mexico (47 min, National Geographic). All 40 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on ocean exploration is The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales.

• Uncovering the Secrets of New York City | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Gulf of Mexico | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Secrets of Pompeii's Dead | Drain the Oceans (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Rise of the Roman Empire | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Pacific War Wrecks | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Drain the Oceans: Submerged Secrets of America (182 min, National Geographic)
• Sunken Treasures | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Mystery of the China Seas | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Secret Sunken Cities | Drain the Oceans Compilations (44 min, National Geographic)
• Underwater Myths & Legends Uncovered: Drain the Oceans (182 min, National Geographic)
• Largest Thermonuclear Bomb | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Pirate Ships of the Caribbean | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Lost Giants: Epic Shipwrecks of the Century | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Uncovering the Secrets of Loch Ness | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor | Drain the Oceans (44 min, National Geographic)
• America's Last Slave Ship | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Rise and Fall of the Third Reich's Deadly Fleet | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Sinking of the MV Lucona | Drain the Oceans (44 min, National Geographic)
• Secrets of D-Day: The Great Invasion | Drain the Oceans WW2 (47 min, National Geographic)
• Lost Nukes of the Cold War | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Ultimate Battleships | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Rise of London | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• World War II Wreckages Across the Globe | Drain the Oceans MEGA Episode (141 min, National Geographic)
• Finding Lost Treasure & Fallen Empires | Drain the Oceans MEGA Episode (132 min, National Geographic)
• Secrets of the Spanish Armada | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• How Killer U-Boats Battled the Royal Navy | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Mysterious Narcotics Plane Wreck | Drain the Oceans (44 min, National Geographic)
• Secrets of the Deep | Drain the Oceans MEGA Episode (135 min, National Geographic)
• Secrets of the Civil War: The Ships that Shaped America | Drain the Oceans (47 min, National Geographic)
• Discovering Long-Lost Pirate Ships | Drain the Oceans MEGA Episode (138 min, National Geographic)
• Unearthing Secrets of the Past | Drain the Oceans (44 min, National Geographic)
• Villains of the Underworld: Secrets of the Ocean Floor | Drain the Oceans (44 min, National Geographic)
• Diving Between the Continents (Silfra, Iceland) - Smarter Every Day 161 (9 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The History of Scuba & Deep Sea Diving (S5, E11) | Modern Marvels (46 min, HISTORY)
• Underwater Creatures - The Legacy of Jacques Cousteau (44 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Abandoned Submarine, Mining Town & More | Epic Exploring (46 min, Free Documentary)
• CP-140 Aurora: The 40-Year-Old Spy Plane Fighting Russian Submarines (46 min, Spark)
• How Submarines Became The Ultimate Silent Killer | History Of The Submarine (55 min, Spark)
• How Submarines Became The Ultimate Silent Killer (55 min, Spark)

Top-Rated Books About Ocean Exploration

1. The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales - View on Amazon
2. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson - View on Amazon
4. The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina - View on Amazon
5. The Silent World by Jacques Yves Cousteau - View on Amazon