White whale or beluga whale is an Arctic and sub-Arctic species of cetacean.

White Whale may also refer to:

  • Mocha Dick, a notorious sperm whale killed in 1838.
  • Moby Dick (whale), fictional whale partially inspired by Mocha
  • "White whale" as a byword for one's object of obsession
  • White Whale (band), a band based in Lawrence, Kansas
  • "White Whale" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), 2018 TV sitcom episode
  • "White Whale" (song), track on Everything Everything 2017 album A Fever Dream
  • Operation White Whale, a 2005 international money-laundering ring
  • White Whale Records, a defunct 1960s record label
  • White Whale (Xenoblade Chronicles), a spaceship appearing in Xenoblade Chronicles X
  • White whale, a mabeast creature in the 2016 anime series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World

See also

  • Great White Whale, a 2008 album by Secret and Whisper
  • Migaloo, a white humpback whale that frequents the Australian coastline
  • Essex (1799 whaleship) whaler
  • Narwhal
  • Sperm whale
  • Hakugei (disambiguation), Japanese word for “White Whale”