Animals
How long is an orca?
An orca is up to 9.75 m · 32 ft long.
Orca at true scale
- Orca up to 9.75 m · 32 ft
- Tesla Model 3 4.72 m · 15.5 ft
- Giraffe up to 5.5 m · 18 ft
- Football goal 7.32 m · 24 ft
Orca (blue) beside a Tesla Model 3, a giraffe and a football goal, all on one scale.
Orcas, also called killer whales, reach up to 32 ft (9.8 m) according to NOAA Fisheries. That is about half the 60 ft maximum length NOAA gives for a humpback whale.
Compared with familiar things
- An orca is about 2.1× a Tesla Model 3 (4.72 m · 15.5 ft).
- An orca is about 1.8× a giraffe (up to 5.5 m · 18 ft).
- An orca is about 1.3× a football goal (7.32 m · 24 ft).
- An orca is almost exactly the size of a Triceratops (9 m · 29.5 ft).
Can you guess it by eye?
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Play five comparisonsWhat is measured
Maximum length: up to 9.75 m · 32 ft. NOAA Fisheries quick facts for the killer whale: up to 32 feet.
Source: NOAA Fisheries — Killer Whale. Checked 2026-09-28. The silhouette is scaled so this measurement is exact; its other proportions are illustrative.