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Live automated community-powered whale & marine mammal sightings.
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Live automated community-powered whale & marine mammal sightings.
Subscribe today to receive and report real time whale sightings.
Whale Locator is a real-time platform for tracking whale and marine mammal sightings. Reports come from land-based watchers, boaters, naturalists, and marine enthusiasts dedicated to build a shared, current picture of cetacean activity that supports researchers with standardized citizen-science data. The best way to keep whales safe from vessel strikes is knowing where they are.
Live positions of the whale watch fleet, with automated detection when vessels are engaged on whale watching.
Report and view cetacean encounters in real time: species, location, direction of travel, and behaviour.
Vessel restricted zones, voluntary no-go areas, and current DFO marine mammal regulations clearly mapped.
Real-time conditions from ECCC, NDBC, and NOAA stations layered alongside sightings and vessel positions.
Choose your areas of interest and get push notifications when new sightings are reported nearby.
Active contributors earn community tier; admins verify reports so the data stays trustworthy.