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Where to See Orcas: The World Sightings Map
Orcas range across every ocean, but a handful of sites concentrate reliable sightings. This map places them, each with its seasonal window.
30 spotsOrcas split into distinct populations with specialised diets: Norway's follow herring in winter, British Columbia's hunt salmon in summer, Patagonia's beach themselves deliberately to catch sea lions. That specialisation is why the season shifts so sharply from one site to the next.
The spots on this map
Every point below is a listed destination. Those with a published guide are clickable.
- San Juan IslandsWashington, USAOpen the guide
- Puget Sound & SeattleWashington, USAGuide coming
- Telegraph Cove & Vancouver IslandBritish Columbia, CanadaOpen the guide
- Tofino & Haida GwaiiBritish Columbia, CanadaGuide coming
- Juneau, Sitka, Icy StraitAlaska, USAOpen the guide
- Glacier Bay & Kenai FjordsAlaska, USAGuide coming
- Kodiak & Kenai PeninsulaAlaska, USAGuide coming
- Valdés PeninsulaArgentinaOpen the guide
- Punta Arenas & Torres del PaineChileGuide coming
- Strait of Gibraltar & TarifaSpainOpen the guide
- Rías Baixas, GaliciaSpainGuide coming
- Snæfellsnes & GrundarfjörðurIcelandOpen the guide
- Skjervøy, Tromsø & Lyngenfjord70° North, NorwayOpen the guide
- Andenes & VesterålenNorwayOpen the guide
- LofotenNorwayOpen the guide
- Nuuk & IlulissatGreenlandGuide coming
- Disko BayGreenlandOpen the guide
- Faroe IslandsFaroe IslandsGuide coming
- Hebrides & MullUKGuide coming
- Shetland & OrkneyUKGuide coming
- Plettenberg Bay & KnysnaSouth AfricaGuide coming
- Cape Town & False BaySouth AfricaOpen the guide
- Shiretoko & RausuHokkaido, JapanGuide coming
- Bremer BayWestern Australia, AustraliaOpen the guide
- Ningaloo & ExmouthWestern Australia, AustraliaGuide coming
- Kaikoura & Cook StraitNew ZealandOpen the guide
- Bay of Islands & PaihiaNew ZealandOpen the guide
- Otago PeninsulaNew ZealandGuide coming
- Kamchatka PeninsulaRussiaGuide coming
- Antarctic PeninsulaAntarcticaOpen the guide