10.82144/1131e581 e0da2d53-86f0-440c-a11a-42ffb0b3fd3e https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1718 fefcba02-f27c-448e-8038-e4a5e0bd51d7 zd_1718 TedCheesemanHappywhale.comPrimary contact ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.com OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor TedCheesemanHappywhale.comPrimary contact ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.comownerTedCheesemanHappywhale.com ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.comoriginator 2026-04-15 eng Original provider: Happywhale Dataset credits: Happywhale and contributors Abstract: Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales. Marine BiologyPhotoID N/A Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP. There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only. This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 904 contributors in alphabetic order: Aaron Foster; Aaron Kreisberg; Aaron Sandlin; aatika; Abbey Buck; Abigail Hope; Adam Ernster; Adam Hoffman; adam maire; Adéla Bradová; Adriana Ballena; Aeon for Ocean; Aimee; Aisha Jimenez; Alain Bidart; Alan Gay; Alayna Hawkins; Alec Boyd-Devine; Alexander Allison; Alex Drzaic; Alexia Skrbic; Alex Lamoreaux; Alex Rubenstein; Alicia Buzzard; ALINA ANDRUSHKO; Allee Goodfellow; Allen Lyu; Allie Smith; Alvaro Gabaldon; Alvaro Jaramillo; Alvin lee; Alyse Kinoshita; Alyssa Engiles; Amanda Austin; Amanda McBride; Amanda Urena; Ambrose Carrejo; Ami Clayton; Amy McNeely; Amy Venema; Andoni Arrambide; Andrea; Andrea Carpio; Andrea Esteban Martinez; Andrea Laughlin; Andrea Reinicke; Andrew D. MacDonald; Andrew Micks; andy hart; Angela E Waterbury; Angelika Ludwiczak; Angelo Fernandez; Angie Paya Molina; Angie Wrightson; Anieke Brombacher; Anika Miskar; Anna Astafurova; Anna Blake; Annalese Bletsch; Annamarie Dunn; Anna Stalcup; Annette Lucas; Annette Weeks; Anthony Perella; Arlette Zahn; Arthur Lewison; Ashish Kushwaha; Ashley Brown; Ashley Giovannini; Ashley Ruis; Ashly Fraser; A T; Aubrey Jurgerson; August Andrews; Autumn Harms; Avery Fretwell; Avery Williamson; Avi Anand; Baja Wild Encounters; baylee; Becci Jewell; Becker Juergen; Becky Hilsen; Ben Hagler; Ben Hartman; Benjamin Dauer; Benjamin Lewis Hargrave; Benjamin Shulman; Ben Soofer; Berit Solstad; Bernhard; Beth Darr; Beth Fetty; Beth Holiman; Beth Kleymeyer; Beverly Mills; Bill; bill sturgeon; Billy Hall; Blain & Monique Anderson; Blake Kremer; Bob; Bobby DeMarinis; Bobby Ellithorpe; Bobby Harman; Bob Lippert; Bob Schafer; Bonnie Furman; Bradley Vanston; Brandon Korody; Brandon Withrow; Brandt Ziegler; Brandy Fields; Breck Morrison; Brenda Klapoetke; Brendan Keane; Brett Neilson; Brian Bieza; Brian Hdz; Brian Iske; Brian Rosner; Brian Sweeney; Brian Williams; Bridget Forstmann; Britt CooKe; Brooke Chodzinski; Brooke McKinley; Brooke Schafer; Bruce Haldors; Bryan McDonald; Buzz Coster; CA Edson; Caitlyn Ware; California Killer Whale Project; Camila Londono; Camilo Rada; Camryn Stang; Carey Bergman; Carina Gsottbauer; Carl Badgley; Carl Fredrickson; Carlos Navarro; Carlos Pedrós-Alió; Caroline Kelley; Caroline Kempton; Caroline Patterson; Carol Irwin; Carol May; Carol McCoy; Carol Wilson; Carolyn Anderson; carter cox; Carter Dorscht; Cary Pillers; Casey McKerchie; Catherine Ryan; Cathryn Thomas; Cathy Hachigian; Cecilia Ruiz; Celia Garland; Chad Carlson; Charissa Fusaro; Charlie Pingree; Charlie Wang; Charlie Wright; Charlize Uptegrove; Chase Enloe; Chawki; Chelsea Bradley; Chelsie Corcoran; Cheng-Hui Wong; Cheri Yadon; Cheryl Van Valkenburgh; "Chia" Cory Chiappone; Chloe; Chris Biertuempfel; Chris Hill; Chris Mills; Christian Adlhart; Christian Harvey; Christian Sacra; Christina Winkler; Christopher Pankhurst; Christopher Willis; Christoph Mandl; Christy Ware; Chris Witwer - †; Cindy Braspenning; Claire Murphy; Claudia Wood; Clint Walden; Clint William; Colby Bechtold; Colette English; Colleen gervais; Colleen Talty; Connie Vincent-Hill; Constantin Schraut; Corina Sorensen; Cory Snook; Cottele Benny; Courtnay Crowell; Courtney Glenn; Crystal Su; Curt Finfrock; Cynthia; Cynthia Feuillet; Dakota Osborne; Dale Frink; Dana Golebiewski; Dane McDermott; Daniel Bell; Daniel Cayton; Danielle Colosimo; Daniel Ross; Daniel Townend; Darcy Damrau Steck; Darrel DeLong; Dave Karls; Dave Katz; Dave Kutz; Dave Paton; David Beebe; David Brown; David Collins; David Donohue; David Egelston; David Estroff; david livingston; David Maki; David mcdonald; David Neel; David Rea; David White; David W Myers II; Dawn; Deanna Deery-Schmitt; Deanna Kelsey; Deanna Taylor; Debbie Maas; Deborah Komatsu; Deborah Mayson; Debra Kettler; Declan Troy; Deep Blue, Drake Bay; Dennis Fukushima Jr; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Diana Pugh; Diane Kayser; Don Bermant; Donna George; Donna Ikenberry; Donnie Gagldari; Doug Cheeseman - †; Douglas Croft; Douglas F Smith, Jr; Doug Van Iwaarden; Drew Lindow; Dr. Jens M. Plaul; Dustin Harris; Eamon Rodgers; Edie Murtaugh; Edith Simonson; Edward Rooks; Elana Anderson; Elias Ouaghrib Fosset; Eli Guillard; Eliise Aarela; Elizabeth Datz; Elizabeth Robinson; Elizabyth Hiscox; Ellena Griffiths; Eloise Russell; Emil Enchev; Emily Borrell; Emily Tate; Emma Luck; Emma Nelson; Erica Sackrison; Erica Stroud; Eric Austin Yee; Eric G Horvath; Erich Starzinger; Erik Bengtson; Erin T.; Erin Thorvaldson; Erin Underwood; Ethan Anderson; Evan Brodsky; Evelyn Hill; Floyd Hayes; Flynn Reiter; Frank Blache; Frank Canova; Frank McGoldrick; Frank Rotter; Frank Wurtzel; Franziska Musa-Zollweg; Freefall Academy; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Garden; Gary Downie; Gary Ridley; Gastineau Guiding; Gem Hows; Geoff Kerr; Gerald Schmidt; Gerard Menut; Gina Ruttle; Ginger Frizzell; Gisela Solà Boloix; Glacier Wind Charters; Glenn Grainger; GNX Guy; Gordon Gates; Grace Corrigan; Grant Milne; Gus van Vliet; Hadley Gross; Hannah Berry; Hannah Boron; Hannah Chesebro; Hannah King; Hans Bruning; happywhalessab; Harmonie Basso; Hazel Pittwood; Heather Johnson; Heather Knight; hendrik gilmer; Henry Goode; Henry hebel; Henry Hildreth; Himanshu Arora; Holly Cannon; Holly Edwards; Holly Lohuis; Hongming Zheng; Honu; Hugo Cline; Hunter Cecil; Ian Bullock; Imelda; Isuru Handunneththi; Iván Miranda Franco; Jacquelynn Lockhart; Jada Hector; James Begeman; James Bremner; James Coyer; James F C Hyde IV; James Fiedler; James Moskito; James Ramsdell; Jamie Lee Peterson; Jamie Print; Jana Johnson; Janelle Brooka; Jane Marino; jane whitten; Jan Laffin; Jared Cox; Jason Peterson; Jason Stefanides; Jay Kruczynski; Jayleen Bydlon; Jaymini Dave; Jeanne Brown Gardner; Jeannine Thurn; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jennifer Fought; Jennifer Scappettone; Jennifer Singleton; Jennifer Stoudt; Jenny Varley; Jeremy Hathaway; Jerry Ramsey; Jessica Adams; Jessica de Vries; Jessica Rocker; Jessica Taucci; Jessie Johnson; JHONGPINGJIA; Jill Healey; Jillian Woods; Jill K Quaintance; Jill Reiter; Jim Lewis; Jim Nahmens; Joachim Bertrands; Jodi Peter; Jody Palomba; Joel Barrett; Joel Cruz Castilla; Joe Meuleman; Joe Noonan; Joe Olson; joey s; John Carey; John Coffey; John Gardiner; John House; John J King II; John Moran; Johnny Huang; John Stricklin; John Wills; Jonathan Espin-Hempsall; Jonathan Hill; Jon M; Jono Leadley; Josh Green; Joshua Cotten; Joshua Koester; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Joshua Weil; Josh Wallace; Josie Lowry; Joyce Xu; Judith Dancer; Judy Millicheap; Julia Acuna; Julia Graeter; Julian Clark; Juliane Schlei; Julian Scott; Julie Franklyn; Julie Huckvale; Junior Evans; Justin Cox; Kaitlyn Kirkland; Kaitlyn Tunick; kalee; Kaleena Smith; Kali Gibbons; Kara Cook; Karen Brand; Karen Nenow; Karen Newby; Karen Scott; Karina; Karre Wilson; Kate Aberi; Kate Allhusen; Kate Scott; Kate Spencer; Katherine McDermott; Katherine Schneider; Kathleen Brown; Kathleen Roggero; Kathleen White; Kathryn Clouston; Kathryn Picardo; Kathy Newstead; Kátia Silva; Katie Cartee; Katie Dunbar; Katie Read; Katlyn Taylor; Kayla Doucette; Kay Ramcheran; Kayvon; Keith Brooks; Keith Gourlay; Keith Gress; Kellie Sorensen; Kelli Marletto; Kelly Boatwright; Kelly Collins; Kelly Fitzgerald; Kelly Livingston; Kelly M Coursey Gray; Kelly Morgan; Kelly ouellette; Kelvin Richardson; Ken Bagley; Kendra Krasin; Kennedy Payne; KennethMeijer; Kenneth O'Brien; Kenneth Strahm; Ken Rapp; Ken Szeto; Kent Kornegay; Ken Wright; Keri Bergman; Kerri Orr; Kerstin Ko; Kevin E. Davis; Kevin Elsby; Kevin Guion; Kevin Hall; Kevin Kennison; Kevin Schulte; Kevin Wilgus; Kiley Stevens; Kimberly Kempfer; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kimberly Nielsen; Kimberly Roberts; Kim Powell; Kim Weiss; Kirsten; Kirstie Basford; Kristen Cirillo; Kristen Peterson; Kristen Pirro; Kristian Gillies; Kristina Rau; Kristin Campbell; Kristi Smith; Krystal Nguyen; Kylee Walterman; Kylie West; Kyra Paterson; Laci gist; Landry Bowen; Lara Eade; Lara Rodrigues Leite; Latitude Encounters; Laura; Laura Billeck; Laura Gurak; Laura Santillan; Lauren Bettino; Lauren Cutler; Lauren Eklund; Lauren Reid; Lauren Tucker; Laure Patricot; Lawrie rogerson; Leslie Rapp; Leticia Ro; Lewis Regan; Linda Brown; Linda McWilliams; Lindsay B; Linn Jackson; Lisa Boyle; Lisa Roudabush; Lisa Walker; Lisa Woodward; Liz Ramsey; Logan Quayle; Lomvi; Lori payne; Lori & Rich Rothstein; Lorry; Luisa Ferreira; Lynette Dawson-Summerfeldt; Machi Yoshida; Madelaine Altman; Madison Kosma; maia jewell; Mairead Norton; Maksim Antipin; Mandy Hansen; Marcia Van Eden; Marcos Muñoz Medina; Marc Pelissier; MARC SELLERS; Marcus Bergström; MAREA Data; Mareth Griffith; Margaret Burks; Maria Andrea Martin Guerrero; MARIA DEL MAR LONDONO; Maria Gomez Morin; Marian Herz; Maria Pia Ceccarelli; Maria Sunshine; Marie Hill; Marie O'Shaughnessy; Marilia Olio; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Doing; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Ellwein; Mark Fiebert; Mark Girardeau; Mark Huff; Mark OBrien; Marshall Thomas; Martina Bartolini; Martin Tassche; Mary Etta Cochran; Maryjanna Drummond; Mary & Ken Campbell; Mason Donny; Matt DiFrancesco; Matt Franklin; Matthew Barnes; Matthew Chadwick; Matthew Stumpf; Matt Long; Matt Sachtler; Matt Ziegler; Maureen Lien; Max Barrett; Max Block; Max Maharajh; Maya Taffs; McKenna Miller; Megan Broerman; Megan Chapin; Megan Hall; Megan Hillyer; Megan Ireland; Megan Montes; Megan Wells; Meghan doran; Meinke; Melissa Magro; Mel Weber; mengti yang; Michaela Heitmann; Michaela Mansholt; Michael Fishbach; Michael Jackson; Michael Pierson; Michael Wojciechowski; Michele Falivene; Michele Parker; Michele Rocray; Michèle Vogel; Michelle Austin; Michelle Booth; Michelle Cherry; Michelle Kirkpatrick; Michelle McCune, DVM; Mike Desiderio; Mike Doherty; Mike Donald; Mike Greenfelder; Mike House; Mike Justa; Mike Maki; Milena Zaharieva Whales; Mindy Groves; Mindy Huston; Miranda Williams; Miriam van Hees; Mollie Segall; Molly Batts; Monica Hofmann; Monica Smith; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Roald Amundsen; Nancy Kuhn; Natalie DiBerardinis; Natalie Kervin; Nathan Kelley; Nathan Orlandi; Nathan Small; National Geographic Sea Bird; National Geographic Venture; Neil Carter; Neil Goodman; Neil McDermott; Neil Nesheim; Niccole Vaughn; Nic Dwyer; Nicholas Gray; Nicholas King; Nichole St Germain; Nick Hamill; Nico Heyning; Nicole; Nicole Abrams; Nicole Ciaccia; Nicole Engle; Nicole LaRoche; Nicole perkins; Nicole Rusch; Nicole Schriber; Nicole Sucre; Nicole Webster; nicolle martinez; Niki Weiss; Nikki Garmon; Nile K; Nina Kee; Nina Moysi; NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML); Noel Schonhoff; Norman Daniel Mendez Pick; Oana Claudia Dinescu; Olivia Carpenter; Olwyn Friesen; Oscar Farrera; Out to Sea Expedition Company; Owen Watt; Pamela Le Noury; Parker Astley; Patricia Morine; Patrick; Patrick Sysiong; Patrick Thompson; Patrick Wieler; Patty J Flowers; Paul D; paul garriott; Paul Pudwell; Paul Rath; Payton Thomas; Pearl Thompson; Pedro Jesus Dominguez Mendez; Peggy Mundy; Peter B McAllister; Peter Chen 2.0; Peter Gossage; Peter Herreid; Peter Lawless; Peter Wang; Petra Glardon; Petra Stolz; phil colla; Philip Stone; Pichayamon Hongsuchon; Priyanka dalal; Rachel Bowers; Rachel Gearhart; Rachel Hammer; Rachel Payne; Rae Fellenberg; Raghavan Nair; Ralph Lee Hopkins; Randy Straka; Raymond K Loraine; Rayne Billings; Rebecca Berger; Rebecca Malkewicz; Rebecca Vest; Reg James; Rhonda Glisson; Rhys Watkin; Richard Lovelock; Richard Sidey; Richard Strayer; Richard Weber; Rich Reid; Rick Olson; Rilee Currie; Riley Hansen; Roberta Darrow; Robert Barkie; Robert Bowen; Robert E Johnson; Robert Gowan; Robert Lynn Rosenthal; Robert Perry; Robin Alexis; Robin Froman; Robin Spurlin; Robyn Case; Robyn Hartzell; Roger Davis; Rogier Gruys; Ronald Johnson; Ron Niebrugge; rosann anderson; Rose Donnelly; Ruth Kaelin; Ryan Beck; Ryan Lawler; rylee pearce; Sabine Threin; Samantha Chafe; Samantha Morgan-Vizard; Sam Callewaert; Sam Campbell; Sandra Neumann; Sandy Kirkner; Sandy Levy; Sanne Bakkers; Sara Bayne; Sara Franson; Sarah Galbraith; Sarah McNamara; Sarah Ryan; Sara Rodriguez; sara ryan; Sara Wilhelm; Sara Wise; Sault Photography; Scottie Schmidt; Scott Pirtle; Scott Spickler; Scott Veirs; Sean McRae; Sebastian Perdomo; Selena Santos Rivera; Seth Singer; shannon; Shannon Malone; Shari Bookstaff; Shawn McAnnally; Shawn Newton; Sheila Hale; Shelby Gold; Shelby Nielson; Shelly Erceg; Sherry Williams; Sierra Goodman; Sigi Wiesner; smatthew24; SointulArt; Sonja Eberl; Sophie Clements; Sophie Field; Sophie Nessel; Srini Chakravarthi; Staci Edwards; Stan Novotny; Stephan Brulot-Sawchyn; Stephanie Jurries; Stephanie Stock; Stephanie Wittman; Stephany Clouatre-Groleau; Stephen Kuo; stephen palmer; Stephen Way; Steph Morris; steve; Steve Gompertz; Steve Lefkovits; Steven A Robenalt; Steven Friend; Steven Marsland; Steve Snow; Steve Waller; Susan Rittenhouse; SWFSC - Southwest Acoustic Ecology Lab; Sydney Minges; Sydney Polinchock; TabathaPearlAnn; Tammy Zinz; Tara Styles; tara weberg; Tasha DiMarzio; Tatyana (Taz) Danahy-Moore; Taylor Couture; Taylor Snooks; Ted Cheeseman; Teresa cue; Tess Chapman; Thais Dib Frias; Thomas De Clercq; Thomas I Watkins; Tiffany waldner; Tim Grams; Tim Martin; Timothy Carbone; Timothy Farrell; Tobin Sparling; Todd Atkins; Todd Weisbrot; Tom Anderson; Tomoko Shimotomai; Tom Stoeri; Tom Wilson; Toni Podenak; Tori Bowe; Tracey Thomas; Tracy Desiderio; Travis Jenkins; Trenton Franco; Trestin Lauricella; Trinitie Seeber; Trinity Casarez; Trisha Ross; Ursula Kuny; Valerie Otto; Vanessa Prigollini; Vanessa Steinweg; Vanuza Borges; Varsha Nair; Veronica Franklin; Vicki Beaver; Victoria Trapasso; Viktoria Muehlbauer; Vincent Mendoza; Vincent von Kaenel; Virginia Boughner; Virginia Caballero Slim; Wally’s Whales Tales; Warren_G_Asher; Warren Zimmer; Wayne Staples; Weixiao Fu; Wendy Chambers; Whale Watch Cabo; winfield; Xiaoyu Yan; Yas Nakayama; Yolanda Deatherage; YUEN; Yves Darveau; Yves Roumazeilles; Zhu; ZHUANG JINJING; Zoe Chambers; Zoe Read This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1718 Data extent -176.409867 65.787011 65.787011 2.198759 1990-06-06 2026-04-09 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesOrcinus orcaKiller whale N/A weekly TedCheesemanHappywhale.comPrimary contact ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.com NA NA NA TedCheesemanowner NA 2026-04-15T02:25:46-04:00 dataset Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Killer whale in North Pacific Ocean. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/1131e581. Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1718 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1718/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1718/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1718 zd_1718