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Whale Locator

Reference 3.8 (26) Free 12+ 19.4 MB

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About this app

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 ti…

App details

Bundle ID
com.whalelocator.app
Latest version
1.2
Released
Apr 20, 2026
Last updated
May 13, 2026
Languages
1 (EN)
Genres
Reference

What you can learn from Whale Locator

Every shipping app on the App Store has gone through the same decisions you're working through right now: which screenshot goes first, what caption sits over it, which device frame to show, what color the background should be. The store listing above is Whale Locator's answer to those questions — public, real, and live in the store.

Notice the icon in particular — it's the one thing users see in every context: search results, the home screen, push notifications. Whale Locator's icon is a tiny canvas that has to work at 60×60 and 1024×1024 alike. Tap "View on App Store" above for the full screenshot set Apple didn't surface through their API.

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