As of July 2026, Water Rats Season 3 aired in 1998 with 31 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Water Rats Season 3

1998 31 Episodes Crime · Drama ⭐ 6/10

Right now you can watch Water Rats Season 3 on and — and it earns its twists rather than manufacturing them. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. Its 6/10 TMDB score, built from 11 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Peter Bensley leads a cast that carries the story without ever feeling mechanical. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Water Rats Season 3 earns its spot. Water Rats Season 3 treats its mystery as a means, not an end in itself. Season 3 of Water Rats includes 31 episodes. It aired from February 1998 to September 1998. This season stars Peter Bensley, Toni Scanlan and Raelee Hill. Peter Bensley and Toni Scanlan lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1998. Water Rats Season 3 is at its best in the quiet scenes between the plot beats, where the character work actually happens. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

For anyone who wants their crime drama to earn its twists, Water Rats Season 3 delivers. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Peter Bensley anchors it, but the writing does the real work. If you are going to commit to one crime drama this month, make it this one.

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🇦🇺 Australia

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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🇨🇦 Canada

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🇳🇿 New Zealand

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🎬 Water Rats Season 3 — Episode Guide

As Fast As You Can

Franks second ex-wife, Liz Robinson, seeks his help and protection from a blackmailer who has photos of her having cocaine snorted from her naked belly. Tayler Johnson and Gavin Sykes have to deal with some prisoner escapee.

The Gingerbread Man

frank and Rachel investigate when both Liz Robinson's husband Lioyd Menzies and the ransom of $ 1.000.000 disappear. Tommy Tavita becomes attached to a little boy, Buster who tries to sail home to New Zealand

For Old Time's Sake

Liz is almost run down in front of Frank, and fearing for her safety following her husbands murder in prison, he suggests that she stay with him. Tommy's relationship with Rhonda comes to a tragic end.

One For the Social Workers

After Frank takes time off Rachel is stuck with Jack Christey trying to catch a rapist. Dave McCall and Tommy Tavita go on a rescue operation on the white water rapids.

Sympathy for the Devil

Goldie and Tavita investigates an arson attack on a boat which a teenage boy is found dead. The owner of the boat has a dubious affinity with young boys, but is he the culprit or the victim?

When Goldie and Tavita arrest Dave McCall's son and charge him with the supplying and trafficking of illegal drugs, the pressure of home and work life gets to Dave. A quantity of explosives are used in an attempted bombing of the harbor tunnel.

Behind Closed Doors (1)

A woman claims her husband stabbed her and Frank and Goldie has to investigate the domestic dispute. After intervening in a dockside brawl, Tayler requests desk duty when she's unable to contain a suspect.

When Frank becomes caught in the middle of a siege, Goldie must use her negotiating skills to help him and the other hostages gain their freedom.

Goldie and Tavita investigates a serial murder, while Holloway is away in Melbourne for a job interview.

Old Dogs, Old Tricks

Holloway and Goldie investigate an extortion racket in Chinatown. Sykes and Hawker compete against each other in an 18th skiff race.

Run for the Money

When a diamond broker's wife gets kidnapped, Rachel and Helen finds out the incident bears striking resemblance to the disappearance of his first wife seven years earlier. Dave McCall has to run the station in Hawker's absence, together with finding his runaway son and preventing his marriage from...

A Little Knowledge (1)

Frank poses as a criminal when he goes undercover in an attempt to uncover an armed robbery operation.

Double Play (2)

As the armed robbery gets closer, Holloway's undercover operation becomes more and more dangerous. Despite police's ongoing investigation, Les is granted bail and threatens to blow Frank and Louise's cover. Frank is forced to act as the getaway driver during the robbery but a sudden change of plan...

Goldie investigates the disappearance of a young girl and the subsequent murder of the woman suspected of her kidnapping. Further complications set in when it is revealed that Terry is the father of the missing girl.

frank gets pinned to the ground by armed robber Kiwi Dave, he holds a gun to his head and pulls the trigger, his near-death experience leads him on a one-man campaign and a journey of self-discovery. Helen is promoted to the rank of Senior Sergeant.

Romeo is Bleeding

Franks temporary replacement, Jack Christey, attempt to board a boat to apprehend a teenager who has been in an armed stand-off with the Water Police, the boy panics, and in the ensuing confusion both he and Tayler are shot. Tayler's near fatal shooting prompts a reunion between Helen and her e...

A man's severed head is found in a gym bag washed up on a beach and Goldstein and Christey has to investigate. Tavita and Sykes' pursuit of a young boy comes under scrutiny when the boy disappears after diving into the harbor in an attempt to avoid the officers.

Holloway catches his old copper mate in a drug dealing operation that uses an ice cream boat as a cover. Tavita, Sykes and McCall respond to a robbery at the wharves and winds up in a bar brawl as they track down a number of stolen VCRs.

Chief inspector Jeff Hawker finds himself in the firing line when ballistic tests prove his gun was used to kill Vince Blake eight years ago. Goldie and Hawker work together to clear his name. Tavita finds himself in the middle of a dispute at the site of an archeological dig.

Diminished Responsibility

The detectives apprehend a man responsible for the robbery of tourist groups, this leads into the investigation of illegal steroids at a local gym. After an accident pins a pregnant woman's arm underneath a boat, Goldie and the Nemesis crew have no choice but to deliver her baby underwater as th...

🎭 Cast of Water Rats Season 3

Peter Bensley

Toni Scanlan

Helen Blakemore

Raelee Hill

Catherine McClements

Catherine McClements

Rachel Goldstein

Jay Laga'aia

Scott Burgess

Brett Partridge

Brett Partridge

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