| oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
| objectid | Unique ID number |
| altitudem | Altitude in meters |
| aspect | Aspect (blank) |
| bearing | Bearing (blank) |
| beaufortclass | Beaufort class |
| beaufortscale | Beaufort sea scale |
| beheventinit | (blank) |
| beheventinitfld | (blank) |
| beheventnumber | (blank) |
| binoculars | (blank) |
| birds | Indicate if birds were obseved (blank) |
| calvespercent | (blank) |
| contract | (blank) |
| countcalves | The number of calves (blank) |
| countfemales | Count of females (blank) |
| countjuveniles | Count of juveniles (blank) |
| countmales | Count of males (blank) |
| countnewborns | Count of new borns (blank) |
| counttotbest | The best estimate of the group size |
| counttotmin | The minimum of the group size (blank) |
| counttotmax | The maximum of the group size (blank) |
| countvescargo | Count of cargos (blank) |
| countvesferries | Count of ferries (blank) |
| countvesfishing | Count of fishing vessels (blank) |
| countvesmilitary | Count of miliary vessels (blank) |
| countvesmotoryachts | Count of yachts (blank) |
| countvessailing | Count of sailing ships (blank) |
| cue | Cue of the sighting |
| declangle | (blank) |
| depth | Botom depth in meters (blank) |
| dispcohesion | (blank) |
| dispmax | (blank) |
| dispmin | (blank) |
| distlateral | Lateral distance to the animal in meters |
| distsight | (blank) |
| effortobs | (blank) |
| efforttransect | Indicate if the survey on its transect |
| flightofday | Flight of day |
| glare | Glare (blank) |
| glareleft | Glare at left side (blank) |
| glaremaxangle | (blank) |
| glareminangle | (blank) |
| glareright | Glare at right side (blank) |
| groupid | Group ID (blank) |
| headinganimal | Heading of the animals in degrees (blank) |
| headingplatform | (blank) |
| latanimal | Latitude of the animals in degrees (blank) |
| latplatform | Latitude of the platform in degrees |
| latplatformend | (blank) |
| legnumber | Leg number (blank) |
| legtype | Leg type |
| longanimal | Longitude of the animals in degrees (blank) |
| longplatform | Longitude of the platform in degrees |
| longplatformend | (blank) |
| observer | Initials of bird observer (blank) |
| observeraft | Observer at aft (blank) |
| observerforward | Observer at forward (blank) |
| observerleft | Observer on the left side (blank) |
| observerright | Observer on the right side (blank) |
| pctime | (blank) |
| percentcloudcover | Cloud cover in percentage |
| photoframes | (blank) |
| photos | Indicate if a photo was taken (blank) |
| platformded | (blank) |
| platformheadingmagnetic | (blank) |
| platformheadingtrue | (blank) |
| platformspeed | Platform speed (blank) |
| platformtype | Platform type (always Aerial) |
| reactioninit | Initial reaction (blank) |
| reactioninitcount | Reaction count (blank) |
| reactionlater | Reaction of the animals later (blank) |
| reactionlatercount | Later reaction count (blank) |
| recorder | Recorder name |
| reticle | (blank) |
| sightability | (blank) |
| sightingdate | Date of the sighting |
| sightingmulti | Indicate if multiple species were sighted (blank) |
| sightingmultispcs | (blank) |
| sightingmultispcscount | (blank) |
| sightingmultispcsprcnt | (blank) |
| sightingnotes | Notes of the sighting |
| sightingnumber | Sighting number |
| sightingtime | Time of the sighting at local time zone |
| sightingtimeend | The end time of the sighting (blank) |
| spcsbw | (blank) |
| spcscertaintyfinal | (blank) |
| spcscertaintyinit | (blank) |
| spcscode | Species code |
| spcsconfidence | Confidence of the species identification (blank) |
| spcshauledout | Species hauled out (blank) |
| spcsnmcom | Species common name |
| spcsnmsci | Species scientific name |
| sp_tsn | ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| spcsnmsciinit | (blank) |
| spcspossresight | (blank) |
| subgroups | (blank) |
| surveyarea | Survey area |
| surveycat | (blank) |
| surveyid | Survey ID |
| surveyidreport | (blank) |
| surveylink | definition not provided |
| surveynumber | (blank) |
| surveytype | (blank) |
| surveytypeid | (blank) |
| surveysegmentid | (blank) |
| swell | swell height (values = 0 - 8) (blank) |
| video | Indicate if video was taken (blank) |
| visibility | (blank) |
| visibilityleft | (blank) |
| visibilityright | (blank) |
| waterseason | (blank) |
| weather | weather conditions (blank) |
| winddirection | (blank) |
| windspeed | (blank) |
| ocean | Ocean (always Pacific) |
| region | Region (always SOCAL) |
| range_complex | Range complex (always SOCAL Range Complex) |
| survey_platform | Survey platform (always Aerial) |
| survey_category | (blank) |
| dedicated_survey_platform | Indicate if this is a dedicated survey (always Y) |
| dates_of_survey | Dates of survey |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
