Sea Otter Cam, Vancouver
Rescued otters on a live webcam at the Vancouver Aquarium, holding paws and cracking shellfish.
About this view
The Vancouver Aquarium's sea otter habitat, live: home to rescued otters deemed non-releasable, who repay the hospitality by being the most watchable animals in Canada. Grooming, somersaults, shellfish cracked on chests: the full otter repertoire.
This feed has history: a clip of two of its residents holding paws became one of the internet's first great animal videos. The behaviour is real: otters raft together so they don't drift apart while sleeping.
On a live webcam that runs 24/7, feeds and enrichment sessions fall in Pacific daytime. Otters are morning creatures: 9–11 am Vancouver time reliably delivers peak activity, synchronized floating included. The habitat's rescued residents each have a public biography, coastal strandings, oil-spill survivors, and the aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre remains the only dedicated hospital of its kind in Canada.
