The timeline of events in seaQuest DSV and 2032 is presented below.
1960s CE
1969 CE
- August 15-18:
- Woodstock, a pivot point for United States counterculture, occurs. Future UEO members Nathan Bridger, William Noyce and Andrea Dre meet here (DSV: "The Last Lap of Luxury").
1970s CE
1971
- August 8:
- Marilyn Stark born.
2000s CE
2001-2003 CE
2010s CE
2011 CE
- United Nations dissolved, various economic confederations rise to take advantage of undersea resources, akin to a "gold rush" (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
- Nor-Pac, a military confederation with heavy United States of America involvement, created out of wake of NATO (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
2011―2015 CE
- seaQuest DSV 4600 undergoes development and initial construction under Captain Nathan Bridger.
- Bridger develops war games program called NSC-2012 (DSV: "The Sincerest Form of Flattery").
- Bridger undergoes neurological scan for potential use in creating an artificial intelligence for military advisement (DSV: "The Sincerest Form of Flattery").
- Robert Bridger reported as killed in action, resulting in Nathan Bridger's resignation from the military. He is reported as "going native," having relocated to his own island (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
2015 CE
- seaQuest DSV 4600 formally launched (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
2016 CE
- Various confederations establish undersea mining claims in the Livingston Trench (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").

2017 CE
- February 12
- Livingston Trench Incident (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
- Captain Marilyn Stark relieved of command (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
- September
- Nor-Pac provides seaQuest DSV 4600 and personnel to United Earth/Oceans Organization (UEO). It begins a refit under, overseen by Commander Jonathan Ford (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
2018 CE
- March
- Marilyn Stark given command of Delta 4 by industrialist George Le Chein to neutralize seaQuest (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
- Admiral William Noyce brings Nathan Bridger out of retirement in an unconventional way, with the hope that he would assume seaQuest's captaincy (DSV: "To Be or Not to Be").
2019 CE
- March:
- seaQuest 2018-2019 tour ends (DSV: "Higher Power").
- World Power goes online, with devastating results (DSV: "Higher Power").
- seaQuest DSV 4600 destroyed to close undersea fissure (DSV: "Higher Power").
2020s CE
2022
- Disappearance of seaQuest in the Tonga Trench (DSV: "Splashdown").
- Miguel Ortiz and Wendy Smith killed in action on Hyperion (DSV: "Brave New World").
2030s CE
2032 CE
- seaQuest DSV 4600-II returned to Earth along with surviving crew members (DSV: "Brave New World").