How To Help

Help us keep track of the number of whales off San Francisco and the US West Coast. Whether you do it from the shoreline or head out on a boat, join a group or swim solo, use our apps to record what you see. Learn how apps can save whales!

Download and use the apps
Whale Alert 2.0

Use the Whale Alert 2.0 app for Apple if you are a whale watching enthusiast and you want to contribute to our efforts to reduce ship strikes to whales along the west coast.

Download the Whale Alert 2.0 app here.

Whale Alert

Use the Whale Alert app for Android if you are a whale watching enthusiast and you want to contribute to our efforts to reduce ship strikes to whales along the west coast.

Download the Whale Alert app here.

Spotter Pro

Use the Spotter Pro app if you are a trained naturalist that works regularly with a whale watching business and want to contribute to our west coast efforts to reduce ship strikes to whales. Contact whalealert@pointblue.org for more information.

Download the Spotter Pro app here.

Visit Whale Alert-West Coast

Download a whale species brochure to get to know the whales of the west coast.

See where whales have been observed recently, visit the online map.

To donate and support Whale Alert, please click here.

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