Whale Sightings

In collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Vancouver Aquarium’s BC Cetacean Sightings Network collects data on cetaceans and sea turtles in British Columbia. Public sightings are reported by residents, boaters and professionals and are used to inform research, conservation and recovery actions. Report your sighting to 1 866 I SAW ONE, www.wildwhales.org or [email protected]

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Whale Sightings

Rare Visitors to the Salish Sea: How your sightings contribute to real-time science

February 17, 2022

Ocean Wise, Whale Sightings

by Jessica Torode On a sunny afternoon in late January, the Whales team at Ocean Wise was a hub of excitement. A WhaleReport sighting had just landed in our inbox with a report of Risso’s dolphins in the...

Ocean Bridge Ambassador Rhys Spends the Summer Researching Humpback Whales

October 5, 2021

Education, Ocean Bridge | Portail Océan, Ocean Wise, Whale Sightings

In 2021, 160 young people (ages 18-30) formed Ocean Wise's Ocean Bridge program, a national team engaged for eleven months in co-creating and delivering ocean and waterway service projects for their home commun...

Send a Sighting, Save a Whale!

May 20, 2021

Ocean Wise, Whale Sightings

Coastal British Columbians can help save whales by reporting sightings using the WhaleReport App! Photo credit (above): Parks Canada Did you know you can help protect the whales you see in the wild w...

The Good Kind of Research Flukes

November 10, 2020

Whale Sightings

By: Julie Merchel, Ocean Wise research assistant at the North Coast Cetacean Research Initiative Everybody wants to be a whale researcher! But what do whale researchers do when they’re out on the water? And...

The BCCSN Welcomes BC Ferries to the Whale Trail

September 10, 2020

Whale Sightings

The B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network (BCCSN) is very excited to welcome BC Ferries to The Whale Trail! Based in Seattle, WA, The Whale Trail's mission is to inspire appreciation and stewardship of whales ...

And the Award for Top Cetacean Reporter Goes To…

July 23, 2020

Whale Sightings

By: Aaron Purdy and Sarah Patton, at Ocean Wise's Southern Vancouver Island Research Initiative We’ve crunched the numbers and the results are in! Since its inception in 1999, the B.C. Cetacean Sighting...

Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

July 21, 2020

Whale Sightings

In 2019, citizen scientists reported more than 9,000 sightings through the Ocean Wise WhaleReport App contributing to important research and conservation efforts . The results are in. In 2019, 1,149...

Unexpected Urban Whales: City Slicker Cetaceans Sighted During Coronavirus

July 14, 2020

Whale Sightings

By: Lauren Dares, Coordinator of the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network It has been an unusual and uncertain start to 2020. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that a year that started off with pro-democracy mas...