First observed in 2020, a phenomenon of increasingly damaging proportions has surfaced in need of both emergency managers and seafarers’ attention: Some members of the Iberian Residential Orca population have been interacting with and damaging human-operated seagoing vessels mainly in the Western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cádiz as well as along vast stretches of the Atlantic Iberian coastline. So far, no human losses have been recorded despite the sinking of several sailboats by these orcas. However, it appears only as matter of When rather than of If that such fatalities will be recorded, which will then transfer this particular wild-animal-human interaction onto a new level of urgency and directly into the realm of emergency management. As an effective self-help mechanism, recreational sailors have created social-media groups, which report the location of orca sightings and interactions in almost real time. Local authorities in Portugal, Morocco, and Spain are also on the alert providing advice to the fishing and recreational sailing communities. In this article, a multidisciplinary approach is undertaken that aims at improving the situational awareness of both emergency responders and sailing/fishing communities. It further attempts to identify a pathway towards developing appropriate measures of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.