Season Eight
2020 · 27 episodes · 5h 47m in all
An educational, family-oriented, underwater adventure series hosted by dynamic naturalist and underwater photographer Jonathan Bird.
Episodes
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1. Zach Gets Certified
6 Sept 2020 · 15 min
When we hired Zach as our above water cameraman and editor, we told him that if he learns to dive, he is fired! But he wore us down and now he in finally getting certified to dive. His instructor is none other than Cameraman Zach (yes, we have two Zachs). So we documented the process as a great episode showing what it takes to learn how to scuba dive!
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2. Filming Goliaths
6 Sept 2020 · 10 min
Jonathan and Zach travel to a shipwreck in Florida to film a gigantic (some would say Goliath!) grouper named Wilbur. When they arrive, they discover that Wilbur has fishing gear stuck in his mouth, so they attempt a rescue, and Wilbur becomes their new best friend!
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3. Canal Boats of Lake Champlain
13 Sept 2020 · 17 min
The Blue World team heads to Vermont to dive the historical canal schooner wrecks O.J. Walker and General Butler in Lake Champlain. In addition to witnessing history up close, they get a rare glimpse of Smallmouth Bass hunting perch on the wrecks.
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4. Seahorses and Pipefish
13 Sept 2020 · 9 min
Jonathan investigates the world of seahorses, pipefish and sea dragons in this episode which features species from all over the world and explains the biology of the family of fish known as Syngnathidae.
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5. Atlantic Wolffish
20 Sept 2020 · 13 min
In this new Blue World adventure, Jonathan takes Zach-Of-All-Trades on a dive in Eastport, Maine to meet Gene the World-Famous wolffish, and his next door neighbors, Bob and Jane the Wolffish. Along the way they also examine the variety of marine life that lives in Passamaquoddy Bay!
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6. Aerolito Cave
20 Sept 2020 · 12 min
Jonathan and Cameraman Todd join cave explorer Christine Loew to investigate Aerolito Cave on the island of Cozumel in Mexico. This cave has more life than almost any cave in the world, including three species of cave-adapted sea stars that are found nowhere else on Earth!
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7. Deep Wrecks Champlain
27 Sept 2020 · 12 min
In this spooky adventure, the Blue World team explores some deep wrecks in the depths of Lake Champlain in Vermont.
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8. Denver’s High Altitude Aquarium
27 Sept 2020 · 14 min
Jonathan visits the Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado, where he explores all the exhibits and gets to scuba dive in two of the largest tanks. Will he get to meet the Sawfish?
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9. Florida Aquifers
4 Oct 2020 · 13 min
Jonathan and Cameraman Todd take a transmitter into a cave so that Zach-of-all-trades and Cameraman Zach can follow them above to see where the cave goes. This interesting experiment demonstrates how the aquifer in Florida stretches for miles underneath farms, roads and even houses. It also demonstrates how the aquifer can be affected by things above it.
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10. Bull Sharks of Florida
4 Oct 2020 · 10 min
Jonathan and Zach scuba dive with wild Lemon sharks and Bull sharks three miles off the Florida coastline! Shark diving is awesome!
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11. Horse Ferry Shipwreck
11 Oct 2020 · 7 min
Jonathan and the team visit a rare shipwreck in Lake Champlain called a horse ferry. It was literally a ferry that was propelled by horses walking on a turnstile (sort of like a treadmill). This is the only known wreck of its type in the world. It's a wreck diving adventure! Special thanks to Waterfront Diving Center in Burlington, Vermont for their assistance with filming this episode! Scuba diving.
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12. Jackson Blue Springs
18 Oct 2020 · 18 min
Jonathan and Cameraman Todd join legendary cave diver Edd Sorenson for a dive exploring Jackson Blue Spring in Marianna, Florida. This is the first magnitude head spring for Merritt's Mill Pond. It's another great Blue World cave diving adventure!
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13. Cave Drift Dive
25 Oct 2020 · 12 min
Jonathan, and his camera operators, dive a famous and extremely dangerous cave in Florida known as Friedman Sink.
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14. Triple Wreck Dive
25 Oct 2020 · 13 min
Jonathan and Zach explore some dive sites off Riviera Beach, Florida with Pura Vida Divers. First is a dive site known as Governor's River Walk, containing three wrecks on one dive! The second is Juno Ledge, a great reef with lots of critters, including a Nurse shark. Who knew there is such great diving on the east coast of Florida?
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15. Blackwater Diving
1 Nov 2020 · 15 min
Cameraman Zach and Annalise head to Hawaii to try "Blackwater" diving while Jonathan and Zach-of-all-trades Peterson head to Florida for the same thing. Blackwater diving is a kind of diving that takes place in water that is extremely deep, in the middle of the night. Creatures of the deep come to the surface. It's spooky and it's fun, and we try not to think about what sea monster might come up!
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16. Ginnie Springs
1 Nov 2020 · 11 min
Jonathan, Todd and Zach dive Devil's Eye Spring at Ginnie Springs in Florida to demonstrate what high flow caves are like. And then they check out Devil's Ear, with weird swirling colors where the tannic Santa Fe River water meets the clear water from the spring.
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17. Honduran Sea Turtles
8 Nov 2020 · 16 min
Jonathan and the Blue World team travel to Roatan, Honduras in search of healthy reefs and sea turtles. Once they find the sea turtles, they witness some interesting feeding and social behavior, as well as learn how fish can mooch food from sea turtles!
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18. Shangri-La Cave
8 Nov 2020 · 12 min
Jonathan and Todd explore Shangri-La cave, the smallest cave on Merritt's Mill Pond in Marianna Florida. It's so small that they can barely fit. This is definitely not for the claustrophobic!
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19. A Search for a Stargazer
15 Nov 2020 · 22 min
Jonathan teams up with Jeff Nelson, an expert critter spotter, to dive the Blue Heron Bridge, known for the best "muck diving" in the USA. Located in Riviera Beach, Florida, the Blue Heron Bridge is an easy shore dive filled with an amazing diversity of small marine animals--if you can find them! In this episode, Jonathan is searching for one of the rarest animals seen there--the Stargazer fish.
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20. Playful Seals
15 Nov 2020 · 8 min
The Bird Family goes diving at The Salvages, small rocky islands off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts. They find crabs, fish, lobster and a bunch of curious seals. And there's one thing the seals really find fascinating...our fins!
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21. Gator Hole Cave
22 Nov 2020 · 19 min
Jonathan and Cameraman Todd are back in Marianna, Florida, exploring a tight cave called Gator Hole. Things get pretty silty, so let's hope they can find their way out...
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22. Jojo the Dolphin
22 Nov 2020 · 11 min
The Bird Family goes on a February vacation to the Turks and Caicos Islands for some scuba diving, horseback riding and beach fun. On a dive with Big Blue Collective, they search for Jojo the famous wild dolphin!
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23. Blue Hole Adventure in Belize
29 Nov 2020 · 21 min
Jonathan and Zach are diving from the Belize Aggressor while they look for a friendly nurse shark named Norman. During their search, they find tons of amazing creatures, including eels, flounders, turtles, seahorses, and even a curious Nassau grouper named Rupert.
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24. Exploring a GIANT Underwater Sinkhole in Belize!
29 Nov 2020 · 9 min
Jonathan and Zach explore the famous Great Blue Hole in Belize, first explored by Jacques Cousteau!
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25. What creatures emerge at NIGHT in Belize?
29 Nov 2020 · 10 min
Jonathan and Zach continue their journey in Belize with a night dive! They search for fascinating creatures that only come out when it's dark. What will they find?
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26. Darkness All Around
6 Dec 2020 · 10 min
Jonathan and Todd travel to Caye Caulker, Belize to explore a spooky ocean cave called Winter Wonderland with cave explorer Ilya Rosado and the team from Sunrise Scuba. Winter Wonderland gets its name from the fine silt on the formations that looks like snow. It's the most amazing ocean cave dive yet!
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27. Hole in the Wall Cave
6 Dec 2020 · 8 min
Jonathan and Todd explore Hole-in-the-Wall Cave, a large submerged cave at Merritt's Mill Pond in Florida. They find a massive drop, many large rooms, and even some cave crayfish! What else will they see in this incredible cave?
Jonathan Bird's Blue World Season Eight: quick answers
How many episodes are in Jonathan Bird's Blue World Season Eight?
Season Eight of Jonathan Bird's Blue World has 27 episodes, about 6 hours in total.
When did Jonathan Bird's Blue World Season Eight come out?
Season Eight premiered on 6 Sept 2020.