Live · Passive Acoustic Monitoring Network

Real-time orca intelligence
for safer seas

V15ION combines passive acoustic monitoring with AI classification to detect Southern Resident Killer Whales within minutes of a call — delivering actionable presence alerts to vessels, operators, and conservationists. Where multiple synchronized hydrophones cover an area, we localize detections on the map.

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The Problem

A critically endangered species — and no system watching

The Southern Resident Killer Whale population is in crisis. Existing monitoring is expensive, inconsistent, and entirely offline. V15ION changes that.

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Southern Resident Killer Whales remain in existence — one of the most endangered marine mammal populations on Earth
$1,500
Per day cost of deploying human observers for marine mammal monitoring — inefficient and weather-dependent
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Turnkey commercial orca-alerting products built for maritime operators in the Salish Sea — the gap V15ION was built to fill
24/7
Vessel traffic continues in critical orca habitat regardless of whale presence — without real-time alerts, collisions and acoustic trauma are inevitable
How It Works

From ocean sound to actionable intelligence

A five-stage signal-processing and AI pipeline that runs continuously on data from cabled hydrophones monitoring the Salish Sea.

01 — CAPTURE
Hydrophone Capture
Continuous broadband audio ingested from cabled underwater hydrophones monitoring the Salish Sea.
64,000 Hz sample rate
02 — FILTER
Bandpass Filtering
Raw audio is filtered to retain only the acoustic frequency range relevant to marine mammal vocalisation.
500 Hz – 25,000 Hz retained
03 — DENOISE
Neural Noise Reduction
Self-supervised deep learning models isolate biological signals from vessel noise, rain, and current interference.
Self-supervised model
04 — CLASSIFY
AI Call Classification
Multi-class classifier distinguishes whistles, clicks, pulsed calls, and background acoustics with high baseline accuracy.
Multi-class call classification
05 — REPORT
Live Detection Report
Confirmed detections are pushed to your dashboard and streamed over a WebSocket API as soon as they're confirmed — no polling required.
WebSocket · streamed alerts
Product

The V15ION detection dashboard

A live, purpose-built interface for marine operators and conservationists — built around the data that matters.

ACTIVE MONITORING ZONE · HYDROPHONE NETWORK
LIVE DETECTION FEED
Who We Serve

Purpose-built for every maritime stakeholder

V15ION's platform scales across the full spectrum of maritime, industrial, and conservation operations — starting in the Salish Sea and expanding as our coverage grows.

Whale Watching Operators
Near-real-time detection data improves encounter rates, reduces idle fuel burn, and strengthens your conservation story.
Shipping & Ferry Operators
Automated near-real-time alerts support voluntary speed reductions, reducing acoustic disturbance and regulatory risk.
Offshore & Construction
Continuous passive monitoring satisfies environmental permit conditions and documents compliance for international regulatory bodies.
Government & Conservation
Longitudinal acoustic datasets support national research programmes, international species protection frameworks, and marine protected area management worldwide.
Technology

Deep-ocean science, enterprise infrastructure

Six core technology pillars — each grounded in published bioacoustic research and production-grade engineering.

Passive Acoustic Monitoring
Non-invasive, continuous underwater listening using calibrated broadband hydrophones — no active sound emission, zero additional noise pollution.
Underwater Signal Processing
Real-time bandpass filtering, spectrogram generation, and feature extraction tuned for the noisy acoustic conditions of the Salish Sea.
Machine Learning Classification
Deep neural networks trained on curated, publicly available cetacean vocalization datasets classify call types — whistles, clicks, and pulsed calls. Models of this class report roughly 98% on their own benchmark test sets; we validate accuracy on Salish Sea recordings before relying on it operationally.
Geospatial Data Fusion
Where multiple time-synchronized hydrophones cover an area, time-difference-of-arrival methods localize a detected call on the map. Accuracy depends on array geometry; a single node provides presence and rough bearing rather than a precise fix.
Marine Bioacoustics
Classification models grounded in decades of peer-reviewed research, validated against internationally recognised cetacean call repertoire libraries.
Real-Time Data Infrastructure
WebSocket-streamed detection events, REST API access, and a hosted dashboard deliver detections to your screen in near real time — typically within minutes of a call, depending on the data feed.
Who We Are

Engineering a future for our oceans

What began as a childhood wonder — a fascination with the deep, untamed ocean and the whales that navigate it — is now the driving force behind V15ION. V15ION is built on physics — bringing together acoustic engineering, signal processing, and ocean technology with a single urgent imperative: to deploy advanced physical sciences in service of marine conservation.

"The ocean is defined by energy, pressure, and sound. As physical scientists, we look past the surface — bridging wave mechanics, signal processing, and marine biology to turn a lifelong passion into precise, scalable technology."

We understand that safeguarding marine ecosystems demands more than observation. It demands instrumentation, inference, and speed. V15ION is built on that conviction — turning the physics of the ocean into tools that protect it.

The mystery of the ocean inspired our journey. The physics of sound and wave mechanics give us the tools to protect it.

Acoustic Engineering
We design and deploy sophisticated hydroacoustic systems to listen to the unseen world — tracking and analysing marine life through the complex soundscapes they inhabit.
Applied Physics
We apply data-driven wave physics and environmental modelling to understand how anthropogenic factors — vessel noise, sonar, construction — impact marine habitats at scale.
Conservation Technology
We translate raw acoustic and physical data into actionable, real-time solutions — equipping operators and policymakers to mitigate threats and prevent species decline.
Mission

Conservation and commerce, finally aligned

Protecting endangered marine mammals and enabling safer maritime operations are not competing goals — they are the same goal, solved by the same technology.

  • Passive listening only. V15ION adds zero acoustic energy to the ocean. Our hydrophones listen — they never transmit.

  • Built on published science. Every classification model is trained on and validated against peer-reviewed bioacoustic research and internationally recognised marine mammal call libraries.

  • Revenue funds conservation. Private-sector subscription revenue directly underwrites the infrastructure that generates open acoustic datasets for marine life research worldwide.

Contact

Request a demo

Tell us about your operation and we'll walk you through V15ION live — including real detection data from active monitoring deployments.

V15ION Acoustic Analytics Inc.
Email info@v15ion.ai
Headquarters North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Technology AI-powered passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammal detection
Clients Built for maritime operators, government agencies, and conservation organisations