The Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1980 and based in Maui, Hawaii, that conducts whale research and educates the public in an effort to save vulnerable species of whales from extinction.

[1] Since its foundation the PWF has been working to prevent destruction of populations of humpback whales, dolphins, turtles and coral reefs in Hawaii.

[2] Every year the PWF organizes a "Great Whale Count" where volunteers systematically gather data on whales that can be seen from ten observation points along the southern shore of Maui, giving a series of snapshots that indicate changes in whale populations.

[3] The Pacific Whale Foundation provided funding to the Alfaguara project on Isla de Chiloé in southern Chile for marine surveys of the local blue whale population in the 2012 season.

[4] The PWF also has a second home in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.