Whale Sounds & Songs
All cetaceans are highly vocal, producing clicks, whistles, and haunting songs to communicate, navigate, and stay in touch across miles of open ocean. Press play and listen in.
Did You Know?
A blue whale's call can reach 188 decibels and travel over 1,000 miles underwater — louder than a jet engine and among the loudest sounds any animal makes.
Humpback Whale
3 recordingsThe most famous singers of the sea — long, structured songs that can last 20 minutes.
Orca (Killer Whale)
2 recordingsPods speak in distinct dialects of whistles, clicks and pulsed calls passed down through families.
Orca Whale Sounds
Orca Songs
Sperm Whale
1 recordingPowerful echolocation clicks — among the loudest sounds made by any animal — used to hunt in the dark deep.
Sperm Whale Sounds
Whale Song & Ocean Sounds
7 recordingsBaleen calls, spouting, surfacing and the deep ambient song of the open ocean.
Baleen Whale Sounds
Whale Songs
Sounds from a Whale
Ocean Singing
Whale Singing
Whale Spouting Sounds
Whale Surfacing Sounds
