Mako Mermaids
Kids & familyGenuinely watchable for and with children.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 7/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 7/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Chai HansenDominic DeutscherGemma ForsythRowan HillsKerith AtkinsonAmy Ruffle
Written by
Jonathan M. ShiffSam CarrollAmy Purton-LongKristen Souvlis
Starring
Chai HansenDominic DeutscherGemma ForsythRowan HillsKerith AtkinsonAmy Ruffle
Written by
Jonathan M. ShiffSam CarrollAmy Purton-LongKristen Souvlis
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| S1 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | |
| S2 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.7 | |
| S3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.0 |
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About
"Sunny teen mermaid fantasy, low stakes and lighter still"
A spin-off of H2O: Just Add Water, Mako Mermaids follows a trio of teen mermaids guarding an underwater moon pool near Mako Island who must fold a human boy into their secret world after he stumbles onto it. Aimed squarely at tweens, it mixes light fantasy rules, friendship drama, and low-stakes romance with modest effects. Episodes are breezy and formulaic, built around magic-mishap-of-the-week plots rather than serialized tension. It's undemanding, sunny, and earnest, more concerned with charm and seaside atmosphere than depth, and works best if you're the target age or nostalgic for the original series.
Watch it for
the breezy island setting and easygoing mermaid mythology aimed at younger viewers.
Maybe skip if
you want serialized stakes or effects beyond simple teen-fantasy production values.
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Season 12013
8.02K2611h 7m
Sirena, Nixie and Lyla are part of a mermaid pod, which lives in the waters of Mako Island. As young members of the pod, it is their job to protect the Moon Pool and guard it from trespassers. But on the night of a full moon, the mischievous mermaid girls neglect their duties. Sixteen-year-old land-dweller Zac enters the Moon Pool and forms a special connection with Mako. Zac is given a fish-like tail and amazing powers. The mermaid pod is forced to leave Mako, leaving behind the three mermaid girls, cast out of the pod. They know there's only one way they will be allowed to rejoin the pod: They must get legs, venture onto land and take back Zac's powers – or risk being outcasts forever.
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Season 22015
8.22K2610h 50m
Mako is a magical Island that a pod of mermaids call home. Their peaceful lives are turned upside down when Zac, a merman develops a connection with the island that poses a threat to their existence. Ondina and Mimmi, two young mermaids from the Mako pod, are determined to break Zac's connection to Mako Island and reclaim Mako for the pod. As the mermaids struggle to take back his powers, they discover that his connection with Mako isn't quite an accident. New mermaids and mermen are met along the way, and some are even created!
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Season 32016
8.31K166h 8m
Life is trouble-free on Mako Island – until Ondina meets Weilan, a mermaid from the Eastern pod. They immediately clash and Mimmi must act as peacemaker. But a greater threat to their peace has arrived, in the form of a fearsome Chinese water dragon that once destroyed the Eastern pod. But the dragon is not all it appears to be. On their perilous quest to defeat the dragon, Zac and the mermaids discover shocking secrets until a final confrontation reveals all.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Chai Hansen Zac, Zac Blakely
Dominic Deutscher Cam, Cam Mitchell
Gemma Forsyth Evie, Evie McLaren
Rowan Hills David
Kerith Atkinson Rita, Rita Santos
Amy Ruffle Sirena
Brooke Lee Carly, Carly Morgan
Isabel Durant Ondina
Allie Bertram Mimmi
Lucy Fry Lyla
Crew
Jonathan M. Shiff
Sam Carroll
Amy Purton-Long
Kristen Souvlis
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