Sea Patrol is the action packed new series that has Australians hooked and the critics raving. An average of 1.5 million viewers have tuned in to the first series on Channel Nine. A second series is about to start filming this month on the Far North Coast of Australia.Series One follows the lives of the crew of Navy patrol boat HMAS Hammersley as they battle to provide security, surveillance and protection for the world's largest island. Living and working on the edge, the crew face real danger, not only as they pursue murderers, drug smugglers, pirates and kidnappers, but also as they tackle extreme weather conditions and the most unpredictable oceans on earth. They are every day heroes doing an extraordinary job.