Whale Locator

Whale Locator

By MELONPING TECHNOLOGIES CORP

  • Category: Travel
  • Release Date: 2026-04-20
  • Current Version: 1.3
  • Adult Rating: 17+
  • File Size: 28.81 MB
  • Developer: MELONPING TECHNOLOGIES CORP
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Score: 4.30769
4.30769
From 13 Ratings

Description

Whale Locator is a live AIS and community powered sightings network for whales and marine mammals across the Salish Sea (Vancouver, Seattle, Victoria, Nanaimo, Campbell River, all of Vancouver Island, Howe Sound, Sunshine Coast, San Juan Islands, Bellingham, Tacoma, Everett, and White Rock). Report sightings in real time, track the whale watch fleet via AIS, and explore an interactive map built for land-based watchers, boaters, naturalists, and researchers. FEATURES: - Push Notifications: Get whale notifications in real-time, including species, location, direction of travel, and behaviour. - Real-Time Sighting Reports: Log orca, humpback, grey whale, porpoise, seal, sea lion, and help build a shared picture of whale activity that benefits researchers, conservation groups, and land-based whale watching for the general public. - Live AIS Vessel Tracking: See whale watch boats in real time, with automated detection when vessels are engaged in whale watching activities. - Interactive Map: Street, satellite, and nautical chart layers. Vessel Restricted Zones, voluntary no-go areas, and DFO regulations overlaid. - Sightings Log: Scroll through recent reports from the community with timestamps and species details. - Works With Conservation: Whale Locator provides data to NGOs, First Nations governments, as well as federal, provincial, state and parks enforcement agencies to support marine mammal protection. Whale Locator is free to download, offers a 3-day free trial period, and a subscription is required thereafter to maintain access to real-time sightings, fleet tracking, and push notifications: - Monthly: $4.99/month - Annual: $49.99/year (save 17%) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your device's Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://whalelocator.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://whalelocator.com/privacy

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Reviews

  • Great app for whale watch enthusiasts

    5
    By Grogintosh
    Great first version of a truly useful app. My favorite features of this app are: - whale tracking with easy to see dotted lines between sightings - a indicator showing best guess where the animals are heading - showing where the whale watching boats are/are going Most annoying part: - on open, the map view defaults to just off Victoria, BC instead of where I was last looking or where I’m located. Keep up the great work!
  • I saw whales

    5
    By 13Swiftfan13
    I used this app to see orcas! Love it
  • Subscription only but you don’t know until they have your email address

    1
    By Me1776623
    I’m so over apps like this that are “free with in app purchases” but the in app purchases are subscriptions with no actual free version of the app. Oh but also it won’t tell you that until they have collected your email address to do with whatever they please. So glad I put in the fakey apple email so I don’t have to unsubscribe from a ton of email variants like every other company.
  • Notification limitations

    3
    By farallonislands
    Cool concept and nice use of several data sources, but the ability to filter notifications based n location is very limited, especially in the Seattle/Vashon area. If it were possible to draw custom regions/bounds on the map within which push notifications would be triggered, I would sign back up for a subscription in a heartbeat.
  • Not part of PWWA

    2
    By Carmarsh
    Really wanted to give this app a chance but after hearing the creators are not apart of PWWA it gave me major pause. Otherwise a cool app and concept!

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