Big Blue Live is a live television and online event celebrating amazing marine creatures.
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Great White Sharks are a seasonal visitor to Monterey Bay, California.
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Follow whales, sea lions, sea otters, and more and watch reports from Monterey Aquarium.
Big Blue Live is a live television and online event celebrating some of the world's most amazing marine creatures converging off California's coast.
Big Blue Live is a live television and online event celebrating some of the world's most amazing marine creatures converging off California's coast.
Big Blue Live is a live television and online event celebrating amazing marine creatures.
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Fan Favorite: Great White Shark
Great White Sharks are a seasonal visitor to Monterey Bay, California.
Fan Favorite: Great White Shark
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Behind the Scenes
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Sea otter at Monterey Bay in March 2015.
Gareth Wildman
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California sea lions at Monterey Bay in March 2015.
Gareth Wildman
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Drone operator Manolo Mendieta, Gulf of California, April 2015.
Pete Basset
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Humpback whale fluke around Monterey Bay, California in February 2015.
Adam White
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Pelagic red crab, or ‘lobster krill’ are held by Mark Carwardine in the Gulf of California, April 2015.
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A close-up of a California sea lion in March 2015.
Gareth Wildman
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A long lens has a shower-cap on the end to protect it from water while filming at Point Lobos, California, in May 2015.
Will Goldenberg
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A monitor for the drone pilot shows a boat in vision in Gulf of California, April 2015.
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A drone photo of humpback calf and mother playing in foreground with a Big Blue Live production boat in background, taken in Baja, Gulf of California, April 2015.
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Southern sea otters Joy and Kit at Monterey Bay.
Randy Wilder/Monterey Bay Aquarium
More About the Show
Big Blue Live celebrates some of the world’s most amazing marine creatures converging off California’s coast. Set in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the bay has experienced an environmental rebirth. This wildlife success story attracts humpback whales, blue whales, sea lions, dolphins, elephant seals, sea otters, great white sharks, shearwaters, and much more for a once-a-year marine animal phenomenon.
A presentation of PBS and the BBC, Big Blue Live brought together scientists, filmmakers and photographers, animal behaviorists, and other experts over the course of three spectacular nights. The program was anchored live from a hub at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and from a national marine sanctuary research vessel. Viewers watched one of nature’s great “reality shows” delivered through state-of-the-art filming technologies and live reports from air, sea, and below the waves.
Big Blue Live aired live on television and online over three nights, August 31-September 2, 2015.
About Each Episode
Episode 1 | Follow migrating whales, sharks and various birds as they join sea otters, sea lions and other species that live full-time in Monterey Bay. Watch reports from Monterey Aquarium and NOAA research vessels and get facts about humpback whale anatomy.
Episode 2 | Dive into the hidden world of Monterey’s sea lions and hear about the bay’s rejuvenation through sea otters’ return. Join a scientist who’s trying to help solve the mystery of shark migration and study the anatomy of white sharks and elephant seals.
Episode 3 | Follow the team on the water and in the sky as they search for the giant of the sea: the blue whale. Venture inside the whale with Dr. Reidenberg and join Sanjayan on an incredible journey to get up close and personal with these giants of the deep.
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