Whale Wars is a weekly American documentary-style reality television series that premiered on November 7, 2008 on the Animal Planet cable channel. The program follows Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, as he and the crew aboard their various vessels harass Japanese whalers off the coast of Antarctica. On January 5, 2013, Animal Planet renewed the series for a sixth season.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Needle in a Haystack | 2008-11-07 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Nothing's Ideal | 2008-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | International Incidents R Us | 2008-11-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | We Are Hooligans | 2008-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Doors Slamming and Things Breaking | 2008-12-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Ladies First | 2008-12-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Boiling Point | 2008-12-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Sound of Ice | 2009-06-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Flexibility of Steel | 2009-06-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | As Bad As Our Bark | 2009-06-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Yum Yum, Eat Crow | 2009-06-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Unintimidatables | 2009-07-10 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | With a Hook | 2009-07-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | The Desire to Fling Things | 2009-07-24 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Bait and Switch | 2009-07-31 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Crazy Ivan | 2009-08-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Stuff of Nightmares | 2009-08-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Overlooking a Forlorn Shore | 2009-08-21 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Surrounded by Spies | 2010-06-04 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Crossing Danger | 2010-06-11 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | From Hell's Heart | 2010-06-18 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Stealth Attack | 2010-06-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | The Thrill of the Chase | 2010-07-09 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Sliced in Two | 2010-07-16 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Revenge is Mine | 2010-07-23 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Ready to Snap | 2010-07-30 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | A Bloody Trail | 2010-08-06 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Zero Hour | 2010-08-13 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Fire in the Sky | 2010-08-20 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Vendetta | 2010-08-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | To the Ends of the Earth | 2010-08-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | From Pirate to Prisoner | 2010-09-03 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Battle Cry | 2011-06-03 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | No Escape | 2011-06-10 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Ghosts in the Machine | 2011-06-17 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | The Devil's Icebox | 2011-06-24 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Tracking the Enemy | 2011-07-08 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Race to Save Lives | 2011-07-15 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Enemy in Their Grasps | 2011-07-22 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Battle Stations | 2011-07-29 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | The Giant Enemy | 2011-08-05 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Delivering the Final Blow | 2011-08-12 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Setting the Trap | 2012-06-01 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Games of Chance | 2012-06-08 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Dead in the Water | 2012-06-15 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Into the Belly of the Beast | 2012-06-22 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Crossing the Line | 2012-06-29 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Never Say Die | 2012-07-06 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Counterstrike | 2012-07-13 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Target Acquired | 2012-07-20 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | A Commander Rises | 2013-12-13 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | The Devil's Den | 2015-01-02 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | Fight to the Death | 2015-01-02 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | The Darkest Hour | 2015-01-02 | 60 min |