The Best Blue Planet Documentaries

Oceans - 42 free documentaries about blue planet.

Start with Travel to the Depths of Our Mysterious Oceans (67 min, BBC Earth), then The Mysteries of Earth's Largest Ocean (54 min, PBS). All 42 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on blue planet is The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson.

• Travel to the Depths of Our Mysterious Oceans | 4K UHD | Blue Planet II (67 min, BBC Earth)
• The Mysteries of Earth's Largest Ocean | Big Pacific (54 min, PBS)
• Underwater Volcanoes - Oases of the Sea (46 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Dominica: The Nature Island (2023) | Pristine Seas (47 min, National Geographic)
• The Curse of Atlantis: Swallowed into the Sea | Atlas of Cursed Places (44 min, National Geographic)
• Win or Die: Underwater with Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermier | Photographer (59 min, National Geographic)
• Canoeros: Memoria Viva (2022) | Pristine Seas (56 min, National Geographic)
• Mexico's Underwater Wildlife Kingdom (50 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• ► Adventure Ocean Quest (90 min, Free Documentary)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Extreme Trawler: Fishing the World’s Coldest Seas (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Underwater Defenses | Race of Life | Episode 11 (26 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Most Dangerous Jobs on the High Seas | Extreme Trades | Episode 2 (55 min, Free Documentary)
• Will New York Be Underwater by 2050? (13 min, Real Engineering)
• Most Dangerous Jobs on the High Seas | Extreme Trades | Episode 3 (53 min, Free Documentary)
• Atlantic Islands: Fire in the Ocean (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• The Ocean’s Deadliest Gathering | Ultimate Oceans (45 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Animal's Super Senses - Underwater (26 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Most Dangerous Jobs on the High Seas | Extreme Trades | Episode 4 (52 min, Free Documentary)
• How Life Survives Inside Underwater Volcanoes (17 min, Real Science)
• How The IXV Spaceplane Was Recovered From The Ocean (44 min, Spark)
• Hawaii Tsunami Disaster: When the Ocean Swallowed a City (45 min, Free Documentary)
• People of the Sea: Survival in a World of Water | Indonesia, Timor & India (50 min, Free Documentary)
• AK-47 Underwater at 27,450 frames per second (Part 2) - Smarter Every Day 97 (10 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How Tsunamis Are Formed: An In-Depth Explanation (52 min, Spark)
• Is There Life Evolving In The Oceans Of Distant Planets? (95 min, Spark)
• Pirates of the Seabed: The Sea Cucumber Bandits (47 min, Free Documentary)
• Le Boreal: Redefining Luxury On The High Seas (46 min, Spark)
• The Heavyweight Champion of the Seas: Inside the MV Solitaire (46 min, Spark)
• The Albedo Experiment: How Much Heat Does the Ocean Actually Absorb? (46 min, Spark)
• How Do Divers Weld Underwater? (45 min, Spark)
• Where Water Originally Comes From And Other Facts About Our Waters (175 min, Spark)
• Ben Fogel And James Cracknell Row Across The Sea | Through Hell And High Water S1 EP5 (27 min, Wonder)
• Epic Survival Stories Of Marine Life In The South Seas | WILD 24 (48 min, Real Wild)
• Crystal Serenity Faces Danger On The High Seas (46 min, Spark)
• The Harsh Truth About Life Under the Sea | Under the Sea 101 (54 min, Love Nature)
• Discover Giant Fish & Mysterious Underwater Caves (119 min, Real Wild)
• FREAKS OF THE SEA | The Ocean's Top Predators | 4K (49 min, Real Wild)
• The Thrilling Search For Blacktip Reef Sharks And Untouched Underwater Caves (142 min, Real Wild)
• Who Charted The Seas? The History Of The Oceans | How We Mapped The World (50 min, Our History)
• Blue Planet: Man's 10,000 Year Battle To Control Water (50 min, Spark)
• 10 Unusual Underwater Creatures 🐙 Smithsonian Channel (25 min, Smithsonian Channel)
• How to Hijack a Cartel Ship in the Middle of the Ocean (43 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Blue Planet

1. The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson - View on Amazon
2. Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols - View on Amazon
3. The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina - View on Amazon
4. Spying on Whales by Nick Pyenson - View on Amazon