Orca: Boat GPS, Charts, Routes

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3.8
986 reviews
100K+
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Everyone
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About this app

The ultimate boating App - Orca

* Crisp Online and Offline Nautical Charts
* Modern chart design to maximize legibility.
* Satellite Maps to ease your approaches
* Tailored routes for Sailboats and Powerboats
* Most comprehensive AIS data feed
* Global Marine Weather forecast with Temperature, Wind, Tides and Currents
* Add the Orca Core to get boat integration - Instruments, Auto Pilot remote control and Radar Integration


Works across all platforms - on your phone, tablet, Apple Watch 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 boating app for free.


CAPTIVATING MARINE CHARTS
Orca's next-generation charts are crisp, easy to read, and respond instantly. High-resolution satellite marine 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.

GLOBAL AIS
Orca integrates MarineTraffic AIS feed to provide you with the most comprehensive AIS solution in a navigation app. Over 400 000 boats are tracked in real-time with extended information such as Images.

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 boating experience with Orca.

A COMPLETE NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE
The Orca App can be used as a standalone planning 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
Nov 19, 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

3.8
845 reviews
Spart Icle
October 9, 2024
UPDATED 09/10/2024 I booked a call with one of your team from your website. No one bothered turning up. Annoying as this looked promising. How do I get this app to consume the data onboard. There is a wifi cloud on board with all navigation data. I can't see any option to connect it to the boat. It also doesn't work with a keyboard and mouse connected. You cannot move the chart using a mouse or keyboard.
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Ken Ouwehand
November 9, 2024
Going through navigation apps to replace Navionics after Garmin monetized it out of reach. I hoped this would be the one, but incomplete depth data make it unusable. Three stars as it might work in some places, it just doesn't work where I am or where I want to go.
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Colton Warford
July 24, 2024
Great app. I would add though, you should make the onscreen elements smaller or scalable in settings. Also the bottom panel should show the coordinates of what's selected before clicking. And when the panel opens up the user should be able to delete the coordinates and enter in any even if there already is a search. And this last one is unimportant but double clicking a moving map is difficult, especially for exact coordinates; instead the user should only have to press a location once.
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