Orca Finder

Recent sightings and your odds of seeing orcas today

Odds today: 40/100 · Moderate

57 sightings · 30 days

Orca

Capital Regional District · 23 mi from Orcas

1d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 23 mi from Orcas

5d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 28 mi from Orcas

8d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

9d

Orca

Juan de Fuca Strait · 38 mi from Orcas

9d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 23 mi from Orcas

10d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 23 mi from Orcas

10d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 10 mi from Orcas

10d

Orca

Washington · 22 mi from Orcas

10d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Parry Bay · 35 mi from Orcas

10d

Orca

Capital · 36 mi from Orcas

10d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Niagara St at Menzies St · 29 mi from Orcas

11d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 29 mi from Orcas

11d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Clover Point · 29 mi from Orcas

11d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Salish Sea · 23 mi from Orcas

11d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 23 mi from Orcas

11d

Orca

Southern Gulf Islands · 22 mi from Orcas

11d

Orca

Brentwood Bay · 27 mi from Orcas

12d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

13d

Orca

Capital · 37 mi from Orcas

14d

Orca

Southern Gulf Islands · 24 mi from Orcas

16d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Canada · 34 mi from Orcas

16d

Orca

Active Pass · 22 mi from Orcas

16d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Canada · 39 mi from Orcas

16d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Canada · 38 mi from Orcas

16d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Canada · 35 mi from Orcas

16d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Canada · 33 mi from Orcas

16d

Orca

Washington · 27 mi from Orcas

17d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Victoria · 30 mi from Orcas

17d

Orca

Salt Spring Island · 22 mi from Orcas

17d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 20 mi from Orcas

17d

Orca

Washington · 21 mi from Orcas

17d

Orca

Victoria · 30 mi from Orcas

18d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Salish Sea · 17 mi from Orcas

18d

Orca

Juan de Fuca Strait · 38 mi from Orcas

19d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital · 24 mi from Orcas

19d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

19d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 23 mi from Orcas

20d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Resident Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 21 mi from Orcas

22d

Resident Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Resident Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Resident Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 21 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Resident Killer Whale

Capital Regional District · 22 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Oak Bay · 28 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Victoria · 29 mi from Orcas

22d

Orca

Washington · 13 mi from Orcas

26d

Orca

Capital · 28 mi from Orcas

27d

Orca

Washington · 10 mi from Orcas

27d

Orca

Esquimalt · 29 mi from Orcas

27d

Bigg's Killer Whale

Salish Sea · 25 mi from Orcas

29d

Resident Killer Whale

Washington · 18 mi from Orcas

29d

40 of 100

Your odds today

Moderate

Good conditions

Last report

1d ago

Capital Regional District

Water

51°F

Good for salmon

This week

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Good to know

Southern Residents (J, K and L pods, about 73 whales) eat chinook salmon; Bigg's hunt seals and porpoises and are now seen more often.
Best from shore: Lime Kiln Point on San Juan's west side.
On the water: stay 1,000 yards from Southern Residents (state law).

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