Baywatch (1989)

Action · Adventure · Crime

Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.

IMDb rating: 5.5 (33,354 votes)
Episode average: 6.0 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 11
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

6.45 avg 21 episodes 6.6 → 6.7 47 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In Deep	6.6	443
2	Heat Wave	6.4	352
3	Second Wave	6.5	352
4	Message in a Bottle	6.2	326
5	The Sky Is Falling	6.4	308
6	The Drowning Pool	6.6	317
7	Rookie School	6.4	308
8	Cruise Ship	6.4	303
9	The Cretin of the Shallows	6.3	302
10	Shelter Me	6.6	303
11	The Reunion	6.0	289
12	Armored Car	6.4	296
13	Home Cort	6.2	287
14	We Need a Vacation	6.3	290
15	Muddy Waters	6.7	295
16	Snake Eyes	6.3	272
17	Eclipse	6.5	279
18	Shark Derby	7.2	337
19	The Big Race	6.4	254
20	Old Friends	6.4	260
21	The End?	6.7	271

Season 2 (1991)

6.10 avg 22 episodes 6.0 → 6.2 46 min avg

Rebound

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nightmare Bay: Part 1	6.0	268
2	Nightmare Bay: Part 2	5.8	245
3	The One That Got Away	6.1	252
4	Money, Honey	6.1	239
5	The Fabulous Buchannon Boys	5.9	233
6	Point of Attack	6.0	237
7	Sandcastles	6.1	235
8	Thin or Die	6.2	233
9	The Trophy: Part 1	6.6	246
10	The Trophy: Part 2	6.3	232
11	If Looks Could Kill	6.6	240
12	Reunion	5.9	206
13	War of Nerves	5.9	217
14	Big Monday	6.0	209
15	Sea of Flames	6.1	209
16	Now Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale	5.2	262
17	The Chamber	6.1	209
18	Shark's Cove	6.3	218
19	The Lost Treasure of Tower 12	6.1	206
20	The Big Spill	6.1	199
21	Game of Chance	6.6	201
22	Summer of '85	6.2	203

Season 3 (1992)

6.08 avg 23 episodes 5.3 → 5.8 47 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Summerfest Special	5.3	113
1	River of No Return: Part 1	6.0	377
2	River of No Return: Part 2	6.6	239
3	Tequila Bay	5.9	213
4	Rookie of the Year	6.4	222
5	Pier Pressure	6.1	212
6	Showdown at Malibu Beach High	6.0	210
7	Point Doom	6.3	204
8	Princess of Tides	6.2	207
9	Masquerade	5.7	196
10	Lifeguards Can't Jump	5.8	191
11	Dead of Summer	6.3	195
12	A Matter of Life and Death	6.1	183
13	Island of Romance	6.1	183
14	Strangers Among Us	5.9	188
15	Vacation: Part 1	6.5	188
16	Vacation: Part 2	6.2	183
17	The Tower	6.3	184
18	Stakeout at Surfrider Beach	6.0	190
19	Shattered: Part 1	6.2	191
20	Shattered: Part 2	6.2	186
21	Kicks	6.0	201
22	Fatal Exchange	5.8	179

Season 4 (1993)

6.01 avg 22 episodes 5.9 → 5.9 43 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Race Against Time: Part 1	5.9	199
2	Race Against Time: Part 2	6.1	196
3	Lover's Cove	6.5	207
4	Blindside	6.3	196
5	Sky Rider	6.1	185
6	Tentacles: Part 1	5.8	185
7	Tentacles: Part 2	5.8	176
8	Submersion	6.4	188
9	Ironman Buchannon	6.2	187
10	Tower of Power	5.8	188
11	The Child Inside	5.9	180
12	Second Time Around	6.0	176
13	The Red Knights	6.3	185
14	Coronado del Soul: Part 1	6.0	180
15	Coronado del Soul: Part 2	5.6	176
16	Mirror, Mirror	6.0	192
17	The Falcon Manifesto	6.3	180
18	Rescue Bay	6.3	186
19	Western Exposure	5.6	190
20	The Life You Save	5.6	179
21	Trading Places	5.9	166
22	Guys & Dolls	5.9	179

Season 5 (1994)

5.96 avg 22 episodes 6.1 → 6.2 41 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Livin' on the Fault Line: Part 1	6.1	192
2	Livin' on the Fault Line: Part 2	6.1	183
3	Aftershock	5.8	182
4	Baja Run	5.9	170
5	Air Buchannon	6.0	183
6	Short Sighted	6.5	192
7	Someone to Baywatch Over You	6.3	179
8	K-Gas the Groove Yard of Solid Gold	6.0	167
9	Red Wind	6.2	180
10	I Spike	5.8	166
11	Silent Night, Baywatch Night: Part 1	6.1	182
12	Silent Night, Baywatch Night: Part 2	6.0	176
13	Rubber Ducky	5.7	161
14	Homecoming	5.9	161
15	Seize the Day	6.2	174
16	A Little Help	5.8	160
17	Father's Day	5.5	166
18	Fire with Fire	5.8	160
19	Deep Trouble	5.8	161
20	Promised Land	5.9	155
21	The Runaways	5.5	163
22	Wet 'n' Wild	6.2	167

Season 6 (1995)

5.87 avg 22 episodes 6.2 → 5.8 43 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trapped Beneath the Sea: Part 1	6.2	165
2	Trapped Beneath the Sea: Part 2	6.3	155
3	Hot Stuff	6.1	158
4	Surf's Up	5.7	170
5	To Everything There Is a Season	5.8	146
6	Leap of Faith	6.0	160
7	Face of Fear	5.9	145
8	Hit and Run	6.1	153
9	Home Is Where the Heat Is	5.9	140
10	Sweet Dreams	5.6	142
11	The Incident	6.0	152
12	Beauty and the Beast	6.1	156
13	Desperate Encounter	5.4	168
14	Baywatch Angels	5.2	175
15	Bash at the Beach	6.3	196
16	Freefall	5.3	168
17	Sail Away	6.1	153
18	Lost and Found	5.7	149
19	Forbidden Paradise: Part 1	6.2	163
20	Forbidden Paradise: Part 2	5.9	156
21	Last Wave	5.6	142
22	Go for the Gold	5.8	145

Season 7 (1996)

5.84 avg 22 episodes 5.5 → 5.7 42 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Shark Fever	5.5	160
2	The Contest	5.7	151
3	Liquid Assets	5.8	142
4	Windswept	5.8	149
5	Scorcher	5.7	154
6	Beachblast	5.6	144
7	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	5.9	148
8	Let the Games Begin	5.7	144
9	Buried	6.2	145
10	Search & Rescue	6.0	144
11	Heal the Bay	5.9	140
12	Bachelor of the Month	5.7	149
13	Chance of a Lifetime	6.7	164
14	Talk Show	5.9	138
15	Life Guardian	5.8	140
16	Matters of the Heart	5.9	135
17	Rendezvous	5.4	148
18	Hot Water	5.9	143
19	Trial by Fire	6.0	136
20	Baywatch at Sea World	6.0	140
21	Golden Girls	5.7	133
22	Nevermore	5.7	145

Season 8 (1997)

5.95 avg 22 episodes 5.7 → 5.9 42 min avg

Rebound

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rookie Summer	5.7	141
2	Next Generation	5.8	132
3	The Choice	5.8	127
4	Memorial Day	6.1	131
5	Charlie	6.6	154
6	Lifeguard Confidential	6.0	128
7	Out of the Blue	6.1	127
8	Eel Nino	6.0	131
9	Homecoming (1997)	6.0	131
10	Missing	6.1	129
11	Hijacked	6.1	129
12	No Way Out	6.0	128
13	Countdown	6.0	124
14	Surf City	5.9	124
15	To the Max	5.6	132
16	Night of the Dolphin	5.9	131
17	Full Throttle	5.7	125
18	Quarantine	6.0	131
19	Diabolique	5.3	139
20	Bon Voyage	6.1	130
21	White Thunder at Glacier Bay: Part 1	6.1	147
22	White Thunder at Glacier Bay: Part 2	5.9	145

Season 9 (1998)

5.91 avg 22 episodes 5.7 → 6.1 43 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Crash: Part 1	5.7	136
2	Crash: Part 2	5.7	131
3	Sharks, Lies and Videotape	5.9	132
4	Dolphin Quest	5.8	134
5	The Natural	6.2	133
6	Drop Zone	6.1	118
7	Hot Summer Night	6.4	119
8	Swept Away	6.3	124
9	The Swimmer	5.6	123
10	Friends Forever	5.5	123
11	The Edge	6.2	122
12	The Big Blue	5.7	119
13	Come Fly with Me	6.3	120
14	Boys Will Be Boys	6.0	116
15	Baywatch Grand Prix	5.7	120
16	Baywatch Down Under: Part 1	5.7	130
17	Baywatch Down Under: Part 2	6.1	124
18	Water Dance	5.7	129
19	Double Jeopardy	5.6	112
20	Wave Rage	5.7	122
21	Galaxy Girls	6.1	121
22	Castles in the Sand	6.1	124

Season 10 (1999)

6.26 avg 22 episodes 6.6 → 6.4 47 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aloha Baywatch	6.6	120
2	Mahalo Hawaii	6.6	122
3	Weak Link	6.1	109
4	Shark Island	6.4	109
5	Strike Team	6.3	104
6	Sunday in Kaua'i	6.3	111
7	Risk to Death	6.4	106
8	Father of the Groom	6.0	111
9	The Hunt	6.4	113
10	Gold from the Deep	6.3	106
11	Bent	6.5	110
12	Path of Least Resistance	6.5	109
13	Liquid Visions	6.4	107
14	Lines in the Sand	6.1	106
15	The Hero	6.0	108
16	Thunder Tide	6.1	107
17	Breath of Life	6.4	106
18	Big Island Heat	6.3	106
19	Maui Xterra	5.7	104
20	Baywatch O'Hana	5.9	110
21	Last Rescue	6.0	108
22	The Killing Machine	6.4	113

Season 11 (2000)

5.78 avg 22 episodes 5.9 → 6.3 43 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Soul Survivor	5.9	121
2	A Knife in the Heart	5.8	111
3	Bad Boyz	6.1	123
4	Dangerous Games	5.8	107
5	Stone Cold	5.6	110
6	Broken Promises	5.9	105
7	Dream Girl	5.4	108
8	The Cage	5.8	104
9	Ben	5.8	107
10	Ties That Bind	5.6	102
11	Black Widow	5.8	103
12	The Ex-Files	6.0	101
13	The Stalker	5.7	109
14	Father Faust	5.6	108
15	A Good Man in a Storm	5.3	98
16	My Father, the Hero	5.5	103
17	Boiling Point	6.0	108
18	The Return of Jessie	5.9	109
19	Trapped	5.8	108
20	Dead Reckoning	5.9	105
21	Makapu'u Lighthouse	5.6	106
22	Rescue Me	6.3	110