10.82144/12bcc96b e1dddb82-f1c0-4553-aa2e-1fd414658d01 https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1766 6e081641-0bf2-4f4e-9d47-8a6aed8b4dfe zd_1766 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 632 contributors in alphabetic order: adam maire; Aditi & Zeb; Adriana Moretta; Adrian Boyle; Adriano Adamson Paiva; Adriano Saraceni Bandeira; Agustina Ramirez; Alain Bidart; Alan Chan; Alan Henry; Alan Johanson; Alan Jones; Alan Simon; Aleksandr Trach; Aletta van der Veen; Alexander Assis Moreira; Alexandre Piemonte; Alexandre Zerbini; Alex Brenner; Alex Vogel; Alice Forrest; Aline de Jesus Lobo; Aline Garcia Morais Sales; Allan Templeton; Amanda Alves Gomes; Amanda dutra; Amber Kooijman; Amy Kennedy; Ana Alice de Morais Mangueira; Ana Beatriz; Ana Clara Nadim; Ana Ferreira; Ana Julia Oliveira Vianna; Ana Luiza Vale; Andre Miranda Daher; André Soller; Andressa Pezenti; Andrew Macau de Lima; Andrew Thompson; Andries Godlieb Brummer; Andy Pollard; Anerléia Barbosa; Angélica Bastos Leite; Anita Boerefijn; Anja Fischenich; Anna Astafurova; Anna Belcher; Annette Bombosch; Annika Romeyn; AnninaS; Ashley Batchelor; Ashley Hamilton; Aurelio Rufo; Aurora Expeditions Greg Mortimer; Aurora Expeditions Sylvia Earle; Aveline Galea; BabzRobinson; Bahia Bustamante Lodge; Beatriz Alencar; Beatriz Ribeiro; Beatriz Rosse Queiroz; Becci Jewell; Becky Clark; Beluga Zeng; BenBen; Benjamin Wambergue; BENJAMIN WILLIAM PEARCE; Ben Osborne; Ben Phalan; Bernd van Heerden; BIA HETZEL; Bill Kitcen; Bill Veerkamp; Bin Lin; Bob H.; Brenno Andreozi Mendes; Brian Dolan; Brian Kirsch; British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research staff; Bronwen Trupp; Bruce Marshall; Bruce Pailthorpe; Bruna Borel Barrocas; Bruna Cavalcante Patrício; Bruna Monteiro de Magalhães; Bruno Arantes de Andrade Bueno; Bruno de Franco Orsi; Bruno Prothes; Byron Elvin Berger; Caíto Ignácio; Camila Fernandes; Camille De Castro; Carina Gsottbauer; Carla Fiorito; Carley Lowe; Carl Henry; Carlos Martins; Carmen; Carol; Carol Hemminger; Carolina Fernandes; Carolina Tiemi Sato Komatsu; Caroline Lupini; Carol La Terza; Carolyn Dankowski; Carolyn Roberts; Catarina Fransani; Cecilia Facchola; Celeste Natividad; César Augusto Gribaudo; Cesar D Agostino; Charissa Dyer-Kendler; Chiara Franzoni; Chiara Titton; Chris Croxson; Chris Hurst; Chris M; Chris & Monique Fallows; Chris Peryer; Christian Engelke; Christina Winkler; Christopher Daniel; Chris Wilkinson; Cibele Monique Sanches; Cindy Marple; Cindy Miller Hopkins; Claude Peffer; Claudia Weber-Gebert; coline serre; Colleen Goujjane; Conor Ryan; Craig Nisbet; Crawford Anderson; Cynthia Black; Cynthia Wilson; Daiana Paula da Silva Cabral; Dale Frink; Dan Brown; Dani Abras; Daniela Derron; Daniela Scola; Dan W; Daryl de Beer; Dave de Beer; Dave Wilson; David Boyarski; David Cummings; David Hurwitz; David Pechey; David Simms; Deborah Komatsu; Declan Troy; Derren Fox; De Wulf Maurina (maluga); Diana Carvalho de Freitas; Diego Locatelli; Diego Menezes Marto; Diego Valverde Medeiros; Diphane Heringer Duarte de Souza; Dmitrii Kiselev; Dolores Muff; Don Hunter; Dr. Johannes Meiler; Dyer Island Cruises; ECoMAR-UFRJ; EcoSaber; Ecosul Turismo; Edgar Roller; Eli Konen; Elisabeth Badosa; Elisa Seyboth; Ella Crowie; Ella Potts; Ellen Adelman; Els Vermeulen; Emilia; Emilia Mussoni; Emily Clarke; Eric BAUDIN; Érika Coelho; Erika Donovan; Erika Ramos Mello; Erika zolcsak; Erin Hallaby; Esteban Duque Mesa; Evelien Haels; Even Diandra Braga Aguiar; Ezra Siegel; Fabiana magon limonete; Fabiane Mota; Fabio; Fay Gao; Felipe Antonio Rodrigues Peixoto; Felipe Buloto; Felipe Sousa Furtado; Fernanda Hashitani; Filipe Versehgi Silva; Flávia de Paulo Daurelio; Flavio Degrandi; Francini gea; Frank; Frank Santos; Frank Sellke; Frank Tetreault; Fritz Becker; Gabi Carrera; Gabriela C Oms; Gabriela Corso da Silva; Gabriela Fernandes; Gabriela Guimarães Siqueira; Gabriel Duarte Evangelista; Gabriele Wolff; Gabriella Mitsi Russo; Gabriel Lisboa; Gabriel Serwy Caram; Gabriel silva torres; Gabriel Vérité; G Adventures Expedition Team; Gareth Greenwood; Geerte Beesems; Genna Roland; George Perry; Geovana cartaxo; Gerald Friesen; Gert van der Heide; Gigi Laidler; Gilmara Barros de Lima; Giovana H. Meneguin; Gisele souza; Graham Knights; Grant Tiffen; Greame Grant; Greg Frankfurter; GRUILLOT Léna; Gustavo Pedro de Paula; Guy Elliott; Gwenael Vourch; Hannah Baldwin; Hao Zhang; Hayley Adlam; Heidi Krajewsky; Heinz Toperczer; Heitor C; heitor rodrigues; Helder Antônio Medina Avila; Helen Ahern; Helena Muller Manzano; Helen Moore; Heloisa Louzada; Henrique Monteiro; Hew Barreto; Holger Simm; Holly Harper; Hugo BARON; HUMPBACK WHALE INSTITUTE - BRAZIL; Igor Camacho; Ilha do Gato; Ingrid Van Keilegom; Inia; Ioana Catalina Echim; Isabel Spieth; Isaure Michaud; Ivan Grolig; Ivo Gilmar Silva Junior; Ivy Frizo; IWC-ICR Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (SOWER) cruises; Jack-Jan de Jonge; Jacqueline Bath; James F C Hyde IV; James Marshall; James Tyrrell; James William Lynn; James Wreyford; Jamie Coleman; Janete Morais; Jan Fijolek; Jan Werndl; JAQUELINE YURI NAKAMURA; Jason Denesevich; Javier Cotin; Jay Paul; Jeannine Winkel; Jean-Paul Hafner; Jean Tresfon; Jeff; Jeff Bullied; Jeff Higgott; Jeffrey Slater; Jeff Thiemann; Jessica cavalcante de lima; Jill Niederberger; Jim Wilson; Jin Cao; Jindrich H. Boehm; Jiran Zhang; jlddt; Joel Moore; Joerg Bongartz; Jo Feldman; John Belchamber; John Dickens; Jonathan Reid; Joseph Morlan; Joseph Slingers; Joshua Matson; Joshua Peck; Joshua Pons; Joy Reidenberg; Judith Scott; Judy Anderson; Judy Barnes; Juergen Gangoly; JuleeMango; Julia Hortin; Julia Jannuzzi Vicentin Bezerra; Juliana; Juliana Fortes de Macedo Soares; Juliana Ribeiro; Julie Krey; Julien Ghossoub; Juliet Waterkeyn; Julio Cardoso; Julio Cesar Teixeira de Morais; Justin Blake; Justin Hofman; Kadyrova Anfisa; Karen Backer; Karen Ballard; Karen Gramigna-Warren; Karen Ordway; Karina Costa; Karissa Zelada; Karl Snow; Katlyn Taylor; Kendra Chittenden; Ken The Whale-man Moore; Kerstin Rapp; Kevin Elsby; Kevin Zaouali; Kimberly Galvez; Kimberly Nesbitt; Klaus Beher; KP Science; Kristina Rau; Kurtis Randall; Laila Rebeca do Amaral; Lais Dana Jin; Laís Machado; Lais Vilasbôas Azevedo; Lara Domingues de Carvalho; Lara Rodrigues Leite; Larissa Soares Santim; Larissa Uema; Lars Melcher; Laura Fuzaro; Laura Gledhill; Lauren Farmer; Leah Hall; Leah Tymko; Leandro Borges Gasparino; Leandro Mendes de Sousa Carmo; Lea Smit; Leigh Segel; Leiv Poncet; Lengyan Qi; Leon Strydom; Leticia Leme; Liam Collins; Lidio França; Lila Afifi; Liliana Reis Rosa; Liliane Lodi; linda vaughn; Lirra Carolina Morciani Rivelini Brito; Lisa Heinz; Litty Tan; Lomvi; lsm971229; Lucas Afonso; Lucas Nakano; Lucca Spinola Perez; Lucía Frones Placeres; Lucia Morillo; Luciana Saab; Ludmila faria; Luiza Panini; LUIZ OTAVIO FREITAS MAIA JUNIOR; Lyara Maurutto; Lynette Human; Lynn Salmon; Madelyn Caltabiano; Magda Laís Paiva Diniz; Mailén Palma; Maíta Moura; Manuel Albaladejo; Manuel Mascarello; Marcele Ayumi Horikawa Oshiro; Marcelo Andrade; MARCELO CANEPPELE; Marcelo Francisco de Lima; Marcel V. de Morais; Marcel Weder; marcia souza e silva de oliveira; Marcio Motta; Marcos Santos; Marcus Bergström; Mar e Vida Eco Trip; Maria Intxaustegi; Mariana Merchiol; Marijke Nita de Boer; Marilia Olio; Marilyn Essex; Marina Leite Marques; Mario Fernando Prieto Peres; Marisa Berzano; Mark Doing; Mark Friend; Mark Harris; Markus Tamm; marna van der walt; Marnie Smith; Martin and Sarah; Martin Anstee; Martin Collins; Martin Digby; Martin Etsebeth; Martin Schoo; Maryana Campanella Bernini; Mary Ann Jensen; Matheus Reddo; Mathilde Hoogerwerf; Matthew Church; Matthew Germishuizen; Max MB; Max Moreno Glegiston; Maycon Victorino Cardoso; Mdu Seakamela; Melisa Coronel; MELISSA HANNA; Merlijn Hulsenboom; MF2303; Michaella Andrade; Michael P Rubinstein; Michael Scott; michelle gamble; Michelle Li Ling Fu; Miguel Monteiro; Mike Greenfelder; Miranda; Miriam van Hees; Mitchell Collins; Monica Franco da Fonseca; Monika Trümper; Monique Radford; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Roald Amundsen; MS Seaventure citizen science; Munir El Hage; Murillo Inojosa Wolf; Nadja Velez; Naftali Honig; Namibian Dolphin Project; Nanette Smith; Natália Carneiro; Natalie Ensor; Nathalia Pequino; Nereida Paris; Nicholas Fourie; Nick Leggatt; Nick Mason; Nicky Harris; Nico Heyning; Nicola Campen; Nicoletta von Pauer; Nikki; Nils Siebeneicher; Nina Herbert; Nir Shaviv; Noah Strycker; Ortelius - Oceanwide Expeditions; Pamela Le Noury; Paolo Vargas; Patagonia Azul; patricia andrea colombo; Patricia Scalea; Patrick Chauvet; Patrick Koulis; Patrick Rüegg; Paula Olson; Paul Lipschitz; Paulo Mattos Filho; Paul Page; Paul Woodland; Pedro Cappelli Saad Raizer; Peter Amster; Peter Wilson; Petra Glardon; Phil Crane; Philip Precey; Pieter Gorzeman; Pippa Low; Plancius; PLX Citizen Scientists; Projeto Amigo da Jubarte; Projeto Mar de Baleia; Rachel Rodell; Rafael Cruz de Souza; Rafael Sacharny Machado; Ragar Whitener; Raphaela Kamyla de Souza Santos; Raphael Alcantara; Raphael Silveira; Raquel do Vale; @redemarbrasil; Renata Sousa-Lima; RHONDA PAICE; Richard Ingels; Richard Nicoll; Rico van Manen; Roberta Becker Montibeller; Robert Carr; Robert Moore; Roberto Rodrigues Faria; Robert Stallard; Rob Jansen; Rodolfo Bonoto Estevam; Rodolfo Colen de Almeida; Rodrigo Marquezini; Rodrigo Mendes; Rodrigo Passos dos Santos; Rodrigo Tavares da Silva; Roman ondruj; ROSEMBERGG LOURES RODRIGUES; R Schimpf; Ruben Fijn; Rubenv; Rudi Strydom; Russ Sibbald; Ruth Hughes; Sabina Bleisch; Sacha Viquerat; Saidhbhe; Sally Bergquist; Samantha Johnson; Samara Valle; Sandra Wayman; Sanne Paarman; Sarah; Sarah Kather; Sarah Keenan; Sara Jenner; Science Coordinator MS Fram; S Coates-Smith; Scott Allen; Seamade; Sean Neilson; Sea Shepherd Brasil; Sergio Cipolotti; Shane Beans; Shirley; Shreya; SH Vega - Swan Hellenic; Sidney Batista Dutra Júnior; Simone Eley; Simon Elwen; Siyu Liu; Sofia Richter Rabello; Sophie Steinhausen; Southern Right Charters; Stanislav Stelmakhovich; Stefan Kaeser; Steph & Oli Prince; steve; Steve Benjamin; Stuart Harley; Stuart Hortin; Susan Albrecht; Susan Portnoy; Susan Terry; suse kuhn; Susie farnon; Svenja Stoehr; Sylvia Hsueh; Sylvia Ng; Taciany Vizcaino; Tamima Itani; Tatiana Mantovani Miranda dos Santos; Tatiane de Oliveira Hirose; Ted Cheeseman; Teri Manchen; Thais Hokoç M Melo; Thais Marina Prado; Tharik de Almeida Antunes; Thiago Fayrdin; Thiago Onofre Pinheiro Rosa; Thomas Kuwatsch; Thomas Ronge; TIAGO BARACHO; Tiago Rodrigues; Tillmann Wolff; Tim Stenton; Tobias Brehm; Tom Barcley; Tom odbert; Tony Chewter; Tony wright; Tracy Cooper; Troels Jacobsen; Tyson Richmond; Umesh Madan; Vahe Guzelimian; Valeria Conversani; Valeria D'Agostino; Valérie Vogelsanger; Vanessa Paranhos Tutner; Victor Bruscagin; Victor Taranto; Vinicius Damasceno; Virginia Mach; Vivian Lambert; Vivianne Torres Mendonça; Vladimir da Franca Fernandes; vonmatter; Wang Xiaogang; Wanzi; Wayne Brown; Wesley Lirani; WhaleExpeditionSA; Yaci Gallo; Yanco Gomes Ferreira; Yvonne Cremanns; ZHOU YUAN This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1766 Data extent -67.511231 -0.697615 -0.697615 -60 1983-02-06 2026-04-09 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). speciesMegaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale N/A weekly TedCheesemanHappywhale.comPrimary contact ted@happywhale.com https://happywhale.com NA NA NA TedCheesemanowner NA 2026-04-15T02:25:52-04:00 dataset Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Humpback whale in South Atlantic Ocean. Version 1.5.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/12bcc96b. Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1766 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1766/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1766/eml OBIS-SEAMAP zd_1766 zd_1766