Whale Locator

Whale Locator is a live automated community-powered whale & marine mammal sightings platform across the Salish Sea (Vancouver Island, southwestern BC, the San Juan Islands, and Puget Sound).

Get whale reports in real-time, including species, location, direction of travel, and behaviour; and help build a shared picture of whale activity that benefits researchers, conservation groups, and the public.

Free to download, 3-day free trial period, and a subscription required thereafter to maintain access to real-time sightings, fleet tracking, and push notifications.

FEATURES:

Real-time sighting map: See active whale sightings plotted on an interactive map with species identification, direction arrows, and age-based fading.

Live AIS vessel tracking: Follow the whale-watching fleet in real-time via AIS ship tracking data.

Automated sighting detection: The system automatically detects potential whale activity based on whale-watching vessels' behaviour.

Built for land-based whale watchers, boaters, naturalists, and marine enthusiasts.