Oliver Widger · Phoenix do Mar · Sailing With Phoenix

Where is Oliver?

A live tracker for Oliver Widger's solo, nonstop sail around the world aboard Phoenix do Mar. Oliver left Port Townsend, Washington on October 2, 2026, bound east past the great southern capes and home again. Here's where he is right now.

Position6°32′N 117°28′WLast fix October 30 at 5:00 PM PDT
Last 24 hours61 mi53 nautical miles
Total sailed3,559 mi28 days since Port Townsend
Boat speed2.3 kt 
Solid line: where he's been. Dashed: the assumed route home around the capes.Open the live PredictWind tracker
Daily report · Friday, October 30, 2026 · 5:00 AM Pacific

Where Oliver was this morning

Now at6.59°N, 117.85°WLatest reading 2.3 kt heading S · Fri, Oct 30, 5:00 PM PDT
Last 24 hours48 mi42 nm · avg 1.7 kt
Total sailed3,524 mi28 days since Port Townsend
Est. arrivalJun 19232 days to go
Port Townsend13% of the way around
Estimated arrival · Port Townsend
June 19, 2027

232 days from now · likely between May 19 and Jul 26, 2027

AprMayJunJulToday: Jun 19Estimate given each morningOct 3Oct 30

Each point is the arrival date this page predicted that morning. When the line climbs, Oliver lost time, usually to light wind or a slow stretch. When it drops, he made better time than expected. Early on the estimate swings a lot; it should settle as more of the voyage is behind him.

How the estimate has moved
vs. yesterday▲ 6 dayslater · was Jun 13
vs. 10 days ago▲ 75 dayslater · was Apr 5
vs. 30 days ago—not yet sailing
Next milestoneCape Horn · about 5,228 mi
Left to Port Townsendabout 24,274 mi
Pace3.0 kt this week · 4.6 kt voyage average

The week ahead on his route

Forecast wind, waves and current, with the day's run Phoenix typically makes in that wind

DayWindWavesCurrentRun
Fri, Oct 302 kt E8 ft+0.1 kt104 mi
Sat, Oct 314 kt NNW7 ft+0.4 kt185 mi
Sun, Nov 013 kt SE6 ft-0.4 kt90 mi
Mon, Nov 021 kt SE6 ft+0.5 kt116 mi
Tue, Nov 032 kt S5 ft+0.7 kt120 mi
Wed, Nov 048 kt SSE5 ft+0.3 kt181 mi
Thu, Nov 0513 kt ESE7 ft+0.4 kt185 mi

How arrival is estimated: remaining distance follows an assumed eastabout route around Cape Horn, Good Hope, Leeuwin, Tasmania and New Zealand, then north to Port Townsend. The next 7 days use Open-Meteo forecast wind and ocean current along that route, applied to the speeds Phoenix has actually logged in similar wind; beyond that it uses his average pace. Changes in the estimate compare today's date with the one given on earlier mornings. Miles are statute miles.

Out there right now

Oliver's world, by the numbers

From his latest position, Oct 30, 5:00 PM PDT. The space station distance updates live.

Nearest land
949 mi

The closest coastline is Mexico, off to his NNE. He last had land in sight on Oct 3, 27 days ago.

Nearest land 949 mi
International Space Station, right now checking…
ISS altitude when it passes overhead ~260 mi
When the ISS passes over him, the astronauts are closer to Oliver than anyone on land.
Water under the keel
13,918 ft

That's 2.6 miles of ocean straight down, deep enough to stack 23 Space Needles. Drop Mt. Rainier here and its summit would poke out by just 493 ft.

His world right now
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Oliver's local time · UTC−8

 

Sea temperature88°F
Air temperature81°Fcooler than the water
Waves8 ftevery 13 seconds
SkyMostly cloudy86% cloud cover
Voyage records so far
Best 24 hours205 miending Oct 11
Top speed12.4 kt14.2 mph · Oct 10
Slowest day40 miOct 28
Farthest from home2,912 mistraight-line from Port Townsend
Since land in sight27 dayslast seen Oct 3

Miles sailed each day

Oct 2: 87 miOct 3: 63 miOct 4: 157 miOct 5: 170 miOct 6: 177 miOct 7: 153 miOct 8: 170 miOct 9: 189 miOct 10: 187 miOct 11: 182 miOct 12: 164 miOct 13: 172 miOct 14: 152 miOct 15: 179 miOct 16: 166 miOct 17: 110 miOct 18: 134 miOct 19: 123 miOct 20: 48 miOct 21: 80 miOct 22: 74 miOct 23: 78 miOct 24: 91 miOct 25: 116 miOct 26: 126 miOct 27: 69 miOct 28: 40 miOct 29: 54 miOct 30: 46 mi189Oct 2Oct 30
Crossings and capes
Port TownsendOct 2
Cape HornThe big one
Good HopeTip of Africa
Cape LeeuwinCorner of Australia
TasmaniaSouth of Tasmania
New ZealandSouth of Stewart Island
Date LineTomorrow becomes today
EquatorBack to the north
HomePort Townsend
3,559 miles sailed is…
136marathons, back to back
1.2×the drive from Seattle to New York
14%of the way around the equator
1.5%of the way to the Moon
2,890 mifrom Port Townsend as the crow flies
Meanwhile, back on land

What the world did while Oliver sailed

Since he left Port Townsend on October 2, 28 days ago. The counters tick in real time.

10,245,787babies born around the worldabout 4 every second
4,812,415people who diedabout 2 every second
326satellites launched into orbitmost of them Starlinks
about 5unprovoked shark bites worldwideOliver is not one of them
77,619,598Happy Meals eatenand zero aboard Phoenix
69,857,638Big Macs eatenhe'd probably trade a winch for one
−5.3%Nasdaq Composite−1,434 points, from 26,871 to 25,436
+1.7%Dow Jones Industrial Average+843 points, from 50,926 to 51,770

Counters are estimates from yearly global rates: births and deaths from the UN World Population Prospects, satellites from Jonathan McDowell's launch logs, shark bites from the International Shark Attack File, Happy Meals and Big Macs from McDonald's own figures. Markets compare the last close before he left with the latest price, from Yahoo Finance.

Follow Oliver

Watch the voyage from the boat

Oliver Widger posts videos and updates from Phoenix do Mar as Sailing With Phoenix. This tracker is a fan project; his channels are the real thing.

About the voyage

Oliver Widger's solo sail around the world

Oliver Widger, the sailor behind Sailing With Phoenix, set out from Port Townsend, Washington on October 2, 2026 aboard his boat Phoenix do Mar. His plan is a solo, nonstop, eastabout circumnavigation: south through the Pacific, around Cape Horn, east across the Southern Ocean past the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin, south of Tasmania and New Zealand, and back north across the Pacific to Port Townsend.

As of October 30 at 5:00 PM PDT, Oliver Widger and Phoenix do Mar were at 6°32′N 117°28′W, 3,559 miles and 28 days into the voyage. This page draws Oliver's track from Phoenix do Mar's public PredictWind tracker and works out his daily miles, total distance and boat speed so anyone can see where Oliver is sailing today.

Questions

Following Oliver and Phoenix do Mar

Where is Oliver Widger right now?

Oliver's latest position is on the live map at the top of this page, updated from Phoenix do Mar's PredictWind tracker. Subscribers also get his position in a daily email at 5 AM Pacific.

What is Phoenix do Mar?

Phoenix do Mar is the sailboat Oliver Widger is sailing alone around the world. He left Port Townsend, Washington on October 2, 2026 on a solo, nonstop, eastabout circumnavigation.

What route is Oliver sailing?

Eastabout around the great southern capes: south through the Pacific to Cape Horn, across the Southern Ocean past the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin, south of Tasmania and New Zealand, then north across the Pacific to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and home to Port Townsend.

How can I follow Oliver's sailing?

Go straight to the source. Oliver posts videos and updates as Sailing With Phoenix on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. Those are his own pages, and we tag every link so he can see trackoliver.com sent you. Give him a follow and tell him the fans say hi. Between posts, check this tracker anytime or subscribe to the free daily email report.

Is this Oliver's official website?

No. Where is Oliver? is an independent fan project by Randal Southam. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Oliver Widger or Sailing With Phoenix.