Classics as H2O: Just Add Water but also other animated series for young children or series for adults on Netflix such as The Land of the Tides.
Mermaid series
Without cartoons but to see as a family there are many juvenile series of mermaids that we can all see and enjoy. Classics that any boy or girl of the eighties and nineties saw at the time and that today we can see again on Netflix. In addition, other new series that put us fully into the sea …
The land of the tides
Elsa Pataky and Charlotte Best are the stars of this Netflix miniseries with only eight episodes. Best plays Cal McTeer, a young woman who has spent the last decade in a reformatory and has just returned home to a fishing body in which the corpse of a fisherman has been found. Cal will start investigating all the dark ones of his town, the secrets and drug smuggling that appears to be behind the fisherman’s murder but will also uncover a group of half human and half mermaids among which is Adrielle, Elsa Pataky. An Australian series on Netflix, a fantastic thriller.
Platform: Netflix
Year: 2018
Chapters: One season, about eight episodes
Duration: Between 30 and 45 minutes per chapter
Thematic: Drama
Age: For people over 16 years old
See The Land of Tides on Netflix
H20: Just Add Water
Surely you have seen them sometime and it is one of the best mermaid series, one of the most summery and for the whole family. They were broadcast in Spain since the early 2000s and it is ideal to see in July and August if we are looking for something refreshing with idyllic and enviable settings. They are three teenagers of fifteen. Rikki, Emma and Cleo they are the teenage protagonists of this television series. They have suffered an accident and become mermaids when they spend a few seconds touching the water. This will make them have to hide from other humans so as not to cause fear, so as not to scare those around them. But the work is not easy since the three of them live in the Gold Coast beaches on the coast of Australia. They share their secret and only they and their friend Lewis know what will happen if they get wet.
We can see about three seasons in total and 70 episodes available on both Netflix and HBO.
Platform: Netflix / HBO
Year: 2006
Chapters: Three seasons, about 70 episodes
Duration: Between 25 and 30 minutes
Thematic: Children / Teen Series
Age: For all audiences
Watch H2O: Just Add Water on Netflix
Watch H2O: Just Add Water on HBO
Mako Mermaids
After the popularity of the previous one, there was a sequel. Mako’s Mermaids is a sequel to H2O and also one of the best mermaid series, although, in this case, more than mermen. It is the story of mermaids but mainly it is Zac the protagonist, a young 16-year-old teenager who has suffered an accident on Mako Island. He has become a merman and will be accompanied by his three new friends to be a normal “human” again. Mermaid, Lyla and Nixie will try to help the young man in a teenage series but perfect to see as a family if we are looking for fun without cartoons and with a story very similar to the one we saw in our adolescence.
Platform: Netflix
Year: 2016
Chapters: Three seasons, 68 episodes
Duration: About 23 minutes per chapter
Thematic: Children’s series, adolescent
Age: For over seven years
See Mako’s Mermaids on Netflix
Cartoon
If you are looking for cartoon series with mermaids, there are also many options available on streaming platforms and for all ages. From classics like H2O in its animated version to other fun series for babies and preschoolers, like Bloopies.
H2O: Mermaid Adventures
It is the animated version of H2O, which we have talked about in previous paragraphs. Netflix has its cartoon version with the story of Rikki, Emma and Cleo. The story is the same, they are the same. But instead of being characters of flesh and blood (and tail and scales) they are cartoons designed for all audiences, to see with the smallest of the house. With two seasons and about 25 episodes in total of twenty minutes each but with the essence of always.
Mermaid adventures are for all audiences and face “problems” in his day to day, on the island of Mako, at home. They must win sandcastle contests, have adventures on and under the sea. In this case, the three adolescent pthey will grill longer underwater than in the original series and we will see all kinds of sea creatures in Dolphin City.
Platform: Netflix
Year: 2015.
Chapters: Two seasons, 26 episodes
Duration: Between 20 and 25 minutes
Thematic: Cartoon
Age: For all audiences
Watch H2O: Mermaid Adventures on Netflix
Bloopies
The Bloopies are some toys from IMC Toys but they also have animated episodes with the same characters. They are fun characters designed for children of preschool age and with a short duration per episode, about five minutes. They are available on Amazon Prime Video but also on YouTube if we want to see them for free and without any app.
Not all The Bloopies episodes are about mermaids, but most are with the Sheellies. Lovely characters and easy-to-follow dialogue for any age. Bold colors, catchy songs and a simple plot.
On YouTube we can find compilations of episodes by time. PFor example, 40 minutes of cartoon The Bloopies.
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Year: 2020
Chapters: One season, seven episodes
Duration: About five minutes
Thematic: Cartoon
Age: For all audiences
See The Bloopies on Amazon Prime Video
Bubble Guppies
The Bubble Guppies is another mermaid and fish series for preschool boys and girls. For babies or young children, we can see it on nickelodeon and tells us the story of seven mermaids of different races. Three mermen boys and four mermaid girls who face all kinds of adventures and problems in their day-to-day lives in the fictional ocean place Bubbletucky. Little sea creatures of about five or six years who go to school underwater, who go on excursions …
It is a series that we can see on Amazon Prime Video but only if we have added the premium channel of Noggin by Nick Jr which is priced at 3.99 euros per month with a seven-day free trial. There are also free Bubble Guppies videos and full episodes through YouTube or on the Nickelodeon channel in some packages from operators such as Movistar, Orange.
Platform: Amazon Prime Video with Nick Jr / Movistar +
Year: 2011
Chapters: About three seasons
Duration: About five minutes
Thematic: Cartoon
Age: For all audiences
Watch Bubble Guppies on Amazon Prime Video
Zig & Shark
The hyena Zig wants to eat the little mermaid Marina but Sharko always rescues her friend. An animated series with short episodes of about seven minutes in which these sea creatures fight continuously. More than a hundred episodes available on Netflix although there are also hundreds of episodes available through YouTube for free
Platform: Netflix
Year: 2019
Chapters: Two seasons, about 104 episodes
Duration: About seven minutes per chapter
Thematic: Cartoon
Age: For all audiences
Shimmer and Shine
Shimmer and Shine they are twins “apprentices of genius”. It is not a series of mermaids as such, but these marine creatures and many others among the friends of the protagonists are not lacking. A colorful series for all audiences in which the little geniuses grant Leah, a human girl, three wishes every day. But mistakes are frequent and problems must be solved. Among the characters we also meet Nila, a mermaid that lives in the Zaramino Falls and that will allow them to become mermaids.
Platform: HBO
Year: 2014
Chapters: One season, twenty episodes with double chapters for each
Duration: About 22 minutes per episode
Thematic: Cartoon
Age: For all audiences
Watch Shimmer and Shine on HBO
Other series of the sea …
Although mermaids do not appear, there are many series about the sea and with all kinds of enchanting sea creatures and for the whole family …
Sammy & Co
An animated series that follows the adventures under the sea of an “underwater town”. Its adorable creatures go on all kinds of adventures under the sea, Nemo-style. There are turtles, fish of all kinds. The protagonists are Sammy Ray, two turtles who live on a coral reef in this Franco-Belgian series that is a spin off of the film with the same characters: The Adventures of Sammy.
Platform: Netflix
Year: 2014
Chapters: One season, about 50 episodes
Duration: About 13 minutes per chapter
Thematic: Cartoon
Age: For all audiences
The Octonauts
It is one of the best series about the ocean even though it does not feature mermaids. The motto of these marine creatures is “explore, rescue and protect.” They clean and protect the ocean in a very funny cartoon series where there are underwater explorers and pirates who must be in charge of maintaining the water and the clean seabed. An ideal message to instill in boys and girls
Platform: Amazon Prime Video / Netflix
Year: 2011
Chapters: Four seasons (not all available)
Duration: About 11 minutes per episode
Age: For all audiences
Watch The Octonauts on Amazon Prime Video