Drain the Oceans

By scanning the locations at the bottom of the ocean where sunken ships, treasures and even cities lie, the show tries to answer what they look like, how they got there and if they hide any secrets.

2018 HD 44min TV-PG United States English

Craig Sechler

Documentary History

exploration marine

S1E1 - Nazi Secrets 2018-05-28

The hidden secrets of the Nazis are revealed when the oceans covering them are drained using CGI animation.

S1E2 - Gulf of Mexico 2018-06-04

Draining the Gulf of Mexico brings deadly secrets back to the surface. Stories of piracy, war, slavery and a dinosaur-killing asteroid are revealed.

S1E3 - Lost Worlds of the Mediterranean 2018-06-11

The secrets of lost ancient civilizations come to light when the Mediterranean is drained.

S1E4 - Sunken Treasures 2018-06-18

Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.

S1E5 - Legends of Atlantis 2018-06-25

Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?

S1E6 - Deadly Pacific 2018-07-02

The Ring of Fire is an area in the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis form; the ocean is drained to reveal the geological forces behind natural disasters and to uncover threats along the coast of Seattle, Tokyo and New Zealand.

S1E7 - Egypt's Lost Wonders 2018-07-09

The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.

S1E8 - Mysteries of the China Seas 2018-07-16

The China seas are the most fiercely contested and mysterious waters on the planet. We expose the remains of the biggest battleship ever put on the water.

S1E9 - Ultimate Battleships 2018-07-23

The hidden secrets of WWIs powerful weapons are revealed by draining the North Sea.

S1E10 - Malaysia Airlines 370 2018-07-30

Where is Malaysian Airlines flight MH370? CGI reconstruction reveals the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.

S2E1 - Secrets of D-Day 2019-06-03

In the greatest amphibious invasion fleet ever assembled, 7,000 vessels and 250,000 men take the Nazis by surprise. By draining the ocean, we explain exactly how they did it.

S2E2 - Secrets of New York City 2019-06-10

In just 400 years New York has become a global powerhouse. By draining the ocean, revealing submerged shipwrecks and subterranean secrets, we explain how.

S2E3 - Killer U-Boats 2019-06-17

Draining the oceans reveals the story of the U-Boats as they took on the Royal Navy, sinking 12 million tons of ships and nearly winning the war.

S2E4 - Buried Secrets of the Gold Rush 2019-07-01

Winners took all in the race to get rich in the California and Klondike gold rushes; unearthing the ships involved reveals the risks taken to go west.

S2E5 - Secrets of the Civil War 2019-07-22

Throughout the American Civil War, technological advances fuelled an arms race on America’s seas and rivers. Science and graphics drain the oceans to reveal the ships that shaped America.

S2E6 - Lost Nukes of The Cold War 2019-07-29

When the world’s two greatest superpowers vie for supremacy, they spur extraordinary advances in military technology.

S2E7 - Secrets of The Spanish Armada 2019-08-05

Spain’s attempted conquest of England fails when its armada is defeated. Draining the ocean reveals how the English stole technology to build an empire.

S2E8 - Pacific War Megawrecks 2019-08-12

An expedition searches for the iconic wrecks of the Battle of the Pacific, including the ship that delivered the Hiroshima bomb, the USS Indianapolis.

S2E9 - Thai Cave Rescue 2019-09-02

Drain the Oceans conducts the first accurate 3D survey of the Thai cave, revealing insight into the risky mission to save 12 boys from the flooded cave.

S2E10 - London's Secret History 2019-09-09

London is one of the most powerful cities on Earth. Drain the Oceans reveals the story of the city’s meteoric rise.

S2E11 - Secrets of Loch Ness 2019-09-16

Combining over 100 years of data with military-grade scanning equipment, Drain the Oceans pulls the plug on the world’s most famous lake to reveal the monster within.

S2E12 - Hitler's Killer Warships 2019-09-23

The story of Hitler’s vision to conquer the world using his high-tech battleships, revealing the rise and fall of the Third Reich’s deadly fleet.

S2E13 - Lost Giants 2019-09-30

Over the past century, advances in technology have fueled a race to build gigantic ships. When things go wrong, they become awe-inspiring wrecks.

S2E14 - Pacific Shockwave 2019-10-07

In 1942, Japan came to dominate the Pacific region. The secret as to how they did it lies waiting to be discovered.

S2E15 - Rise of The Roman Empire 2019-10-14

The secrets of the survival of the Roman empire are unearthed from beneath the waves of the Mediterranean and the soil of the Italian peninsula.

S3E1 - The Atomic Ghost Fleet 2020-05-05

The dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

S3E2 - The Viking Seas 2020-05-05

A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.

S3E3 - Egypt's Sunken City 2020-05-12

A lost Egyptian city gives up its secrets after 2,000 years.

S3E4 - The Battle of Britain 2020-05-19

Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.

S3E5 - Pirate Ships of the Caribbean 2020-05-26

Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.

S3E6 - The American Revolution 2020-06-02

Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.

S3E7 - Raiders of the Civil War 2020-06-09

Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.

S3E8 - The Last Wrecks of WWII 2020-06-16

New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.

S3E9 - Chicago 2020-06-23

Chicagos past emerges from the waters of Lake Michigan.

S3E10 - America's Last Slave Ship 2020-10-18

Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armoured, floating fortress operating for over four centuries, capturing and transporting over 12 million Africans, who were sold and forced to work in brutal conditions in the New World. By draining we reveal the cruel technology on-board, gain an insight into the horrific conditions and ID a wreck in Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.

S4E1 - The Wild West 2021-08-02

Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.

S4E2 - The Battle for the Black Swan 2021-08-02

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?

S4E3 - Hollywood 2021-08-09

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.

S4E4 - The First Americans 2021-08-09

Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.

S4E5 - Venice's Lost Empire 2021-08-09

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.

S4E6 - Hurricane Apocalypse 2021-08-17

Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes impacts on Americas past and its future.

S4E7 - The Great Barrier Reef 2021-08-23

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.

S4E8 - Sea of Secrets 2021-08-23

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 Americas past and its future.

S4E9 - Season 4, Episode 9

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S4E10 - Season 4, Episode 10

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S5E1 - The Secrets of Pompeii's Dead 2022-11-14

Through digital re-creations, scientists uncover mysteries from the bottom of the ocean.

S5E2 - The Amber Room 2022-11-21

The discovery of a wreck in the Baltic Sea leads to a treasure hunt, but what they find is even more precious: the story of Germany’s Dunkirk.

S5E3 - Pearl Harbor 2022-11-28

Draining Hawaii reveals Japan’s secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona serving as a reminder of the forces unleashed.

S5E4 - The Alamo 2022-12-05

Drowned shipwrecks and lost battlefields reveal secrets of America’s most famous siege and tell how Texas, against all odds, secured its independence.

S5E5 - Maya Collapse 2022-12-11

New discoveries made at a lost city and a tale of human sacrifice offer a new insight into the rise and fall of the ancient Maya.

S5E6 - Narcos 2022-12-19

With real-time access to a US border security team, discover the extraordinary story of how Mexican cartels have smuggled cockiness into the US over the last 40 years.

S6E1 - Alaska 2023-03-05

Revealing the graveyard of a fleet.

S6E2 - Rise of the Mob 2023-03-12

How the mob gained power and wealth in 1920s America.

S6E3 - Secrets of the Dinosaurs 2023-03-19

Paleontologists uncover the Real Jurassic Americas.

S6E4 - The Myth of the Pacific Pirate Ship 2023-03-26

The truth behind the legend of a pirate ship.

S6E5 - Invasion USA 2023-04-02

The British burning of the White House in 1814.

S6E6 - $20 Million Time Bomb 2023-04-09

Thwarting a $20 million time bomb murder and insurance scam.