Changing Seas Explained

Runtime:	26.42 minutes
Narrated:	Craig Sechler, Season 7-14 and Peter Thomas, Seasons 1-6
Country:	United States
Company:	South Florida PBS/WPBT
Last Aired:	present
Opentheme:	Composed by Steve Pfister from Pacific Mist Music
Num Seasons:	15
Num Episodes:	56

Changing Seas is a public television series produced by South Florida PBS (WPBT2-WXEL) in Miami, Florida, and narrated by announcers Craig Sechler and Peter Thomas. The series accompanies oceanographers and other experts as they seek out new information about the oceans of the world.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Season 9 (2017)

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Season 10 (2018)

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Season 11 (2019)

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Season 12 (2020)

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Season 13 (2021)

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Season 14 (2022)

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Season 15 (2023)

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Awards

Year	Award/Festival	Category	Episode	Result	Notes
2023	LabMeCrazy	Science Film Festival ^[31]	TV Production	Habitats: The Key to Florida's Fisheries	Finalist
2022	Tulum world Environment Film Festival ^[32]	Ocean Conservation	A Decade After Deepwater		Won Best Short Film in Ocean Conservation category
	Cinema Verde Film Festival ^[33]	Most Hopeful	Florida's Blue Holes: Oases in the Sea
	Nature Without Borders Film Festival, Summer ^[34]	Ocean Life	Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation		Won Excellence Award
		Ocean Life	At the Water's Edge: The Salt Marsh		Won Excellence Award
		Ocean Life	Habitats: The Key to Florida's Fisheries		Won Excellence Award
	Nature Without Borders Film Festival, Winter ^[35]	Ornithology	Peru's Desert Penguins		Won Excellence Award
		Oceanography	A Decade after Deepwater		Won Exceptional Merit Award
		Ocean Life	American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs		Won Exceptional Merit Award
	LabMeCrazy	Science Film Festival ^[36]	TV Production	Peru's Desert Penguins	Finalist
2021	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[37]	Environment	Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep
		Environment	At the Water's Edge: The Salt Marsh	Nominated
		Environment	Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation	Nominated
		Environment	Habitats: The Key to Florida's Fisheries	Nominated
		Writer- Long Form Content	Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep	Nominated	Writer: Liz Smith
	LabMeCrazy	Science Film Festival	TV Production	Corals in Crisis
	The Accolade Global Film Competition ^[38]	Documentary Program/Series	Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep		Won Award of Excellence
2020	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[39]	Environment	American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs
		Environment	A Decade After Deepwater
		Environment	Peru's Desert Penguins
		Environment	Florida's Blue Holes: Oases in the Sea	Nominated
	Wild Oceans FilmFest ^[40]	Best Production About Conservation	Corals in Crisis	Finalist	Postponed due to COVID-19
	Deering Estate ^[41]	Programming Partner of the Year	Changing Seas
2019	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[42]	Environment	Corals in Crisis
		Environment	Toxic Waters	Nominated
2018	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[43]	Health/Science	Dolphins: Breaking the Code	Nominated
2017	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[44]	Environment	The Future of Seafood	Nominated
		Environment	Toxic Algae: Complex Sources and Solutions
		Environment	Majestic Mantas	Nominated
		Health/Science	The Fate of Carbon
	Reef Renaissance Film Festival ^[45]	Documentary Short	Beneath the Bridge		Won Best-in-Show
		Documentary Short	Maug's Caldera: A Natural Laboratory		Co-produced with Open Boat Films
2016	BLUE Ocean Film Festival ^[46]	Broadcast Series	Changing Seas	Finalist
		Marine Animal Behavior	Beneath the Bridge	Finalist
		Marine Animal Behavior	The Secret Sex Life of Fish	Finalist
		Marine Science	Maug’s Caldera: A Natural Laboratory	Honorable Mention	Co-produced with Open Boat Films
		Marine Science	Sea Turtles: The Lost Years	^[47]
		Ocean Exploration and Adventure	Living Fossils	Finalist
	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[48]	Environment	Beneath the Bridge	^[49]
		Environment	Manatees: Conserving a Marine Mammal	Nominated
		Environment	Maug’s Caldera: A Natural Laboratory		Co-produced with Open Boat Films
		Health/Science	Sponges: Oldest Creatures in the Sea?
	Reef Renaissance Film Festival	Documentary Short	Grand Cayman’s Famous Stingrays		Won Best-in-Show
2015	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[50]	Health/Science/Environment	The Secret Sex Life of Fish
	BLUE Ocean Film Festival, Monaco	Broadcast TV Program	Galapagos: Windows into the Future	Finalist	a co-production with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
		Shorts	Galapagos: Windows into the Future	Honorable Mention	a co-production with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
	REEF Renaissance Film Festival	Black Coral Award	Biggest Fish in the Sea		Won Best-in-Show
		Deep Blue Award	Saving Sawfish
		Aquamarine Award	Living Fossils
2014	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[51]	Health/Science/Environment	Living Fossils
		Health/Science/Environment	Biggest Fish in the Sea	Nominated
		Health/Science/Environment	Saving Sawfish	Nominated
	BLUE Ocean Film Festival	Cultural Connections, People and the Sea	Sunken Stories	Finalist
		Marine Science	Tracking Tigers	Finalist
		Marine Science	Reefs of Rangiroa	Finalist	a co-production with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
		Marine Science	Creatures of the Deep	Honorable Mention
		Marine Science	Grouper Moon	Honorable Mention
		Marine Science	Coastal Carnivores	Honorable Mention	a co-production with Symbio Studios
	REEF Renaissance Film Festival	Black Coral Award	Grouper Moon		Won Best-in-Show
		Aquamarine Award	Sunken Stories
2013	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards	Health/Science/Environment	Creatures of the Deep	Nominated
2012	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards	Health/Science/Environment	Tracking Tigers	Nominated
2011	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards	Health/Science/Environment	Alien Invaders
	National Academies^[52] ^[53]	Film/Radio/TV	Sentinels of the Seas
	Miami Today Gold Medal Award		Sentinels of the Seas
2010	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards ^[54]	Health/Science/Environment	Sentinels of the Seas
2009	NATAS Suncoast Chapter Regional Emmy Awards	Health/Science/Environment	Changing Seas Series	Nominated
	International Wildlife Film Festival	Human-Wildlife Interactions	Super Grouper		Won Honorable Mention for conservation message

Film Festival Official Selections

Year	Festival	Episode(s)	Notes
2023	Nature Without Borders International Film Festival ^[55]	Vanishing Whales; Humpback Health; Kelp: Hidden Treasure of the Salish Sea; Saving Florida's Starving Manatees
2022	Green Planet Films Presents the International Film Festival in partnership with Mystic Aquarium	Kelp: Hidden Treasure of the Salish Sea
	Summit to Sea Film Festival	Kelp: Hidden Treasure of the Salish Sea
	Friday Harbor Film Festival	Kelp: Hidden Treasure of the Salish Sea
	Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, NYC	At the Water’s Edge: The Salt Marsh; Habitats: The Key to Florida’s Fisheries; Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation
	TULUM World Environment Film Festival ^[56]	American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs
	Nature Without Borders Film Festival ^[57]	Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation; At the Water's Edge: The Salt Marsh; Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep; Habitats: The Key to Florida's Fisheries
	World Whale Film Festival	Habitats: The Key to Florida’s Fisheries
	International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco^[58]	Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation
	Thunderbay International Film Festival, Alpena, Michigan	A Decade After Deepwater; American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs; Peru's Desert Penguins	Screened as part of the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival's Traveling Program; Hosted by the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
2021	S.O.F.A. Film Festival	American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs; Peru's Desert Penguins
	International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco	A Decade After Deepwater; American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs; Peru's Desert Penguins
	Thunderbay International Film Festival, Alpena, Michigan	The Cordell Bank: A National Treasure; Mystery of the Humpback Whale Song; Corals in Crisis; Sunken Stories	Screened as part of the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival's Traveling Program
	Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, NYC	Florida's Blue Holes: Oases in the Sea; A Decade After Deepwater; Peru's Desert Penguins; American Samoa's Resilient Coral Reefs
		Majestic Mantas	World Wildlife Day Event; live panel discussion hosted by the US State Department as part of the Capitol Showcase Program
	Friday Harbor Film Festival	Alvin: Pioneer of the Deep
	Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital (DCEFF)	A Decade After Deepwater
	World Whale Film Festival	Mystery of the Humpback Whale Song
2020	International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco^[59]	The Cordell Bank: A National Treasure
	Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, NYC	Toxic Waters; Corals in Crisis; Mystery of the Humpback Whale Song
	Friday Harbor Film Festival	A Decade After Deepwater
	Korea International Ocean Film Festival	The Cordell Bank: A National Treasure	Screened in Busan, South Korea, as part of the International Ocean Film Festival's Traveling Program
2018	Thunderbay International Film Festival, Alpena, Michigan	Maug’s Caldera: A Natural Laborator	Screened as part of the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival's Traveling Program; Co-produced with Open Boat Films
	Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, NYC	Lords of the Wetlands
2017	International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco	Maug's Caldera: A Natural Laboratory	Co-produced with Open Boat Films
	Thunderbay International Film Festival, Alpena, Michigan	Grand Cayman's Famous Stingrays	Screened as part of the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival's Traveling Program
	Voices from the Water- International Traveling Film Festival on Water	Maug's Caldera: A Natural Laboratory	Co-produced with Open Boat Films
2016	International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco^[60]	Grand Cayman’s Famous Stingrays; The Secret Sex Life of Fish
2015	Thunderbay International Film Festival, Alpena, Michigan	Alien Invaders	Screened as part of the San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival's Traveling Program
	Miami Underwater Festival	Grouper Moon; Saving Sawfish	Patricia and Phillip frost Museum of Science
2014	International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco	Alien Invaders
	40Fathoms Film Festival, Durban, South Africa	Alien Invaders
	Miami Underwater Festival	Living Fossils	Patricia and Phillip frost Museum of Science
2013	Making Waves Film Festival, Boulder, Colorado	Alien Invaders	The festival was organized by the Colorado Ocean Coalition in partnership with the International Ocean Film Festival, San Francisco.
2012	Miami Underwater Festival	Reef Revival	Patricia and Phillip frost Museum of Science

Funding

Major funding for this program is provided by the Batchelor Foundation.^[61]

Additional Funding

Season #	Additional Funders
4	Divers Direct
5	Divers Direct
6	Divers Direct/Emocean Sports
7	Divers Direct/Emocean Sports; Do Unto Others Trust
8	Divers Direct/Emocean Sports; In Memory of Harriet Fagan; Do Unto Others Trust; The William J. McKeehan Foundation; Friends of Changing Seas
9	Divers Direct/Emocean Sports; Do Unto Others Trust; The William J. & Isobel G. Clarke Foundation; Lady Suzanna P. Tweed & Carleton Tweed Charitable Foundation; Skip & Diane Day
10	Divers Direct & Ocean Divers; Do Unto Others Trust; The Charles N. & Eleanor Knight Leigh Foundation; Tim Choate; Skip & Diane Day; Antoinette Paterakis Lambros; Kelly Arnold
11	The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation; Do Unto Others Trust; Skip & Diane Day
12	The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation; Do Unto Others Trust
13	In loving memory of David G. Parrot, by the Parrot Family Endowment for Environmental Education
14	The Parrot Family Endowment for Environmental Education
15	Trish & Dan Bell; The Parrot Family Endowment for Environmental Education
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External links

• • Changing Seas TV on Youtube
• Blog
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Notes and References

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6. Web site: KQED Changing Seas Previous Broadcasts Season 1 . 2013-04-15.
7. Web site: Florida's Deep Coral Reefs: The Florida Straits . 2013-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502044429/http://wid.waittinstitute.org/cat-1-reefs . 2013-05-02 . dead .
8. Web site: TV Guide - Changing Seas Season 2 . TV Guide.
9. Web site: IMDB - Changing Seas Episodes Season 2 2010 . . 2013-04-15.
10. Web site: KQED Changing Seas Previous Broadcasts Season 2 . 2013-04-15.
11. Web site: Keck Futures Initiative Communication Awards 2011 Winners and Finalists . 2013-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214220/http://www.keckfutures.org/awards/2011winners.html . 2013-10-29 . dead .
12. Web site: Seagrasses: Bestowing the Beauty and Bounty of Biscayne Bay . 2013-04-15.
13. Web site: Eco Discovery Centers Sunday Free Environmental Film Series . 2013-04-15.
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15. Web site: IMDB - Changing Seas Episodes Season 3 2011 . . 2013-04-15.
16. News: Watch an Online Screening of Alien Invaders Tomorrow Night - June 2nd . June 1, 2011 . Alecia Adamson . REEF E-News . 2013-04-15 .
17. News: Changing Seas . January 15, 2012 . Snohomish Times Newspaper . 2013-04-15 .
18. Web site: Water as Habitat community program - Changing Seas: "Prescription:Oceans" . https://archive.today/20130703235249/http://www.coseeflorida.org/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=394 . dead . 2013-07-03 . 2013-04-15 .
19. News: NSU News . June 4, 2012 . Swim with Tiger Sharks in PBS affiliate WPBT2's New Season of Changing Seas . Nova Southeastern University Office of Public Affairs . 15 April 2013.
20. Web site: TV Guide - Changing Seas Season 4 . TV Guide.
21. Web site: IMDB - Changing Seas Episodes Season 4 2012 . . 2013-04-15.
22. Web site: Grouper Moon Project - Protecting a Caribbean Icon: Changing Seas - "Grouper Moon" . 2013-04-15.
23. Web site: Changing Seas: Coastal Carnivores . 2013-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131126194431/http://seas.fiu.edu/events/2012/changing-seas-coastal-carnivores/ . 2013-11-26 . dead .
24. Web site: WPBT2's Changing Seas "Creatures of the Deep" to Be Premiered at the FSUCML Open House . 2013-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130412164047/http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/news/aroundthelab.html . 2013-04-12 . dead .
25. Web site: 'Changing Seas' Featured at NSU Summer Dive- In Series . 2013-07-02.
26. Web site: Embark On Four New Ocean Adventures With WPBT2'S Changing Seas This June . 2013-07-02.
27. News: Johnny Diaz . July 19, 2013 . Oceanographic Center invites you to see 'Changing Seas' . Sun Sentinel . 2013-08-14.
28. News: NSU screening new season of WPBT's 'Changing Seas' . June 20, 2014 . Johnny Diaz . Sun Sentinel . 2014-06-25 .
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30. Web site: IMDB - Changing Seas Season 8 . IMDB. September 16, 2016.
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34. Web site: NWBIFF Summer 2022 Winners. nwbiff.com. 8 August 2022.
35. Web site: NWBIFF Winter 2022 Winners. nwbiff.com. 21 April 2022.
36. Web site: WPBT & WXEL Awards. cloudfront.net. 25 April 2022.
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38. Web site: The Accolade Global Film Competition Winners August 2021. accoladecompetition.org/. 22 April 2022.
39. Web site: The 44th Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards : 2020 Program Nominees. Suncoastchapter.org. 21 April 2022.
40. Web site: Finalists Wild Oceans FilmFest. wildoceansfilmfest.org. 22 April 2022.
41. Web site: Deering Estate Foundation honors 2020 Champion Partners. miamidade.gov. 22 April 2022.
42. Web site: The 43rd Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards : 2019 Program Nominees. Suncoastchapter.org. 21 April 2022.
43. Web site: The 42nd Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards : 2018 Program Nominees. Suncoastchapter.org. 25 April 2022.
44. Web site: The 41st Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards : 2017 Program Nominees. Suncoastchapter.org. 18 March 2022.
45. Web site: Facebook. Facebook.com. 18 March 2022.
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48. Web site: The 40th Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards : 2016 Program Nominees. Suncoastchapter.org. 25 April 2022.
49. Web site: South Florida PBS garners six Emmys at Suncoast awards. Communitynewspapers.com. 22 December 2016.
50. Web site: 2015 Winners | NATAS Suncoast . 2016-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160216014839/http://suncoastchapter.org/awards/2015-emmy-awards/2015-winners/ . 2016-02-16 . dead.
51. Web site: 2014 Nominations | NATAS Suncoast . 2016-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160712191526/http://suncoastchapter.org/awards/2014-suncoast-emmy-awards/2014-nominations/ . 2016-07-12 . dead.
52. Web site: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS WINS BEST BOOK AWARD FROM NATIONAL ACADEMIES; 'DOT EARTH' BLOG EARNS ANDREW REVKIN SECOND COMMUNICATION AWARD; NEW YORK TIMES, SOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC TELEVISION (WPBT2) ALSO TAKE TOP PRIZES. nationalacademies.org. 22 April 2022.
53. Web site: National Academies Keck Futures Initiative - 2011 Film/Radio/TV Winner - "Changing Seas: Sentinels of the Seas" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131031051805/http://www.keckfutures.org/awards/2011winners.WPBT2.html . 2013-10-31 . 2013-04-15.
54. Gonzalez . Barbra . Rosenstiel School Marine Biology Student Wins Emmy® Award for Work on Changing Seas . December 8, 2010 . . Miami, Florida . 2013-04-15 . University of Miami (UM) graduate student Véronique Koch was part of the team honored Saturday night with a Suncoast Emmy for her work on the Changing Seas episode “Sentinels of the Seas.” . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060043/http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/pressreleases/20101207-veronique.html . August 8, 2014 . dead.
55. Web site: Winter 2023 Official Selections. nwbiff.com. 29 September 2022.
56. Web site: Ocean Conservation Selected Short Films. www.tulumwe.com. 1 August 2022.
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58. Web site: Changing Seas: Recreational Shark Fishing: Collaborating for Conservation. intloceanfilmfest2022.eventive.org. 22 April 2022.
59. Web site: Livestream Q&A - The Cordell Bank: A National Treasure. intloceanfilmfest.org. 22 April 2022.
60. Web site: Programs 9 - 11. oceanfilmfest.org. 29 April 2022.
61. Web site: WPBT2/ South Florida PBS . September 16, 2016 . WPBT2/South Florida PBS.