Orca - Boating, Charts, Routes

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4.1
549 reviews
50K+
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Everyone
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About this app

Better boating with Orca.

Find your destination with accurate marine charts. Get tailor-made route proposals. View flexible instruments, control your autopilot, and stay informed of upcoming weather changes.

Orca does all of that – on your phone, tablet, and Orca Display.

Orca is the next-generation boating system that runs on your mobile and tablet, and on your boat. Experience the award-winning navigation app for free.

CAPTIVATING MARINE CHARTS
Orca's next-generation charts are crisp, easy to read, and respond instantly. High-resolution satellite navigation charts make harbor entries and anchoring easier than ever.

Orca combines the best of paper chart design with a cutting-edge chart engine. Far ahead of anything else you've tried, Orca gives you charts the most responsive and beautiful charts on the market. No matter how fast you zoom, pan and rotate, the Orca charts will keep up and show you what you need.

Our satellite hybrid charts blend high-resolution satellite imagery with marine chart data to give you an even better understanding of harbor approaches and challenging navigation maneuvers.

INCREDIBLE ROUTEFINDING
Set your destination, and Orca will find the way instantly. Routes are tailored for your boat and Orca learns from you and other boaters, so you can navigate like a local no matter where you are.

A true generation-leap, the Orca Routing Engine analyzes millions of data points in the blink of an eye to give you great, tailor-made routes to your destination.

FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENTS
Get instruments for your phone, tablet and Orca Display. Connect to thousands of devices, from transducers to wind sensors and AIS receivers. Tailor instruments just the way you like them – with perfect legibility day and night.

CONNECTIVITY THAT MATTERS
While Orca is fully capable offline, it truly shines online. Seamlessly sync routes and spots between your devices. View hyper-local weather forecasts with down-to-the-minute forecasts for your exact location. Get notifications before rainfall or other bad weather while underway.

Orca is also clever. It monitors your upcoming trips and notifies you if the forecast changes for the worse so you can prepare and make changes if needed.

ONE STEP AHEAD OF BAD WEATHER
Weather is the difference between a perfect and a stressful day at sea. It is why weather forecasts are deeply ingrained in the Orca experience. Down-to-the-minute marine weather forecasts help you plan your trips and find the best departure time. While you are underway, the Orca keeps an eye on the weather and sends you real-time alerts if forecasts change.

YOU ARE IN GOOD COMPANY
Orca is used by boaters worldwide, onboard RIBs, day cruisers, and sailboats. Some use the Orca Core to unlock powerful navigation features on their tablet and phone. Others get the marine-grade Orca Display for a robust and reliable experience in demanding conditions.

No matter what you want, you can be sure you’ll get a truly modern, powerful, and incredible navigation experience with Orca.

A COMPLETE NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE
The Orca App can be used as a standalone boating system. For those who want more, get an Orca Core to unlock a full chartplotter experience on your mobile device.

The Core is delivered with a high-precision GPS and compass, giving you a more accurate and reliable boating experience.

Connect the hub to your existing NMEA 2000 to view instrument data, AIS targets, and control your autopilot – all from your phone and tablet.

Join the modern way of boating. Join Orca.
Updated on
Apr 22, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
467 reviews
Hugo Maturana
March 31, 2024
When I try to set up a route , it keeps saying unable to navigate, Start point is outside chart coverage. Am trying the Sydney Harbour.
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T angeman
November 5, 2023
Have also purchased their Orca Core 2 and tablet. So far everything I've connected to my NMEA 2k network has just worked with Orca (depth, wind, TP22 etc.). I've emailed them twice with general questions and they've always responded quickly. It's a slick setup.
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E W
August 21, 2022
Charts seem clear enough but the app is a bit clunky. I don't like that it turns on Bluetooth and there is no way of disabling this. I don't (yet) have Orca hardware to connect to so there is no need to have Bluetooth enabled. I have disabled auto connect to Orca hardware but makes no difference. It is bad for device power management and for security. Even worse, Bluetooth is not closed when app is closed. Please could this be fixed to permit Bluetooth to be disabled.
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Orca Technologies AS
November 28, 2022
Hey, thanks for raising the issue with Bluetooth. Its an oversight on our end – we'll ensure Orca respects your Bluetooth settings in the next update.