| oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
| objectid | Unique ID number |
| altitudem | Altitude in meters |
| animalspeed | Animal speed (blank) |
| areakm2 | Area (blank) |
| aspectslope | Aspect slope |
| bearing | Bearing (L or R or degrees or clock-face) |
| bearingabs | Relative bearing in degrees from the platform to the sighting, where the front of the platform is zero degrees. Formats include clock face, degrees, etc. degrees; 1 |
| beaufortscale | Beaufort sea scale |
| beaufortscaleleft | Beaufort sea scale (left side) |
| beaufortscaleright | Beaufort sea scale (right side) |
| behavior | Behavior of the animal when initially sighted |
| behaviorevent | Behavior event (blank) |
| biopsy | Indicate if biopsy was taken (blank) |
| birds | Indicate if birds were obseved |
| calvespresent | Indicator for calves present (blank) |
| countcalves | The number of calves |
| 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 |
| counttotmax | The maximum of the group size |
| counttotmin | The minimum of the group size |
| 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) |
| countvesother | Count of other vessels (blank) |
| countvessailing | Count of sailing ships (blank) |
| cue | Cue of the sighting (blank) |
| datetime | observation date time in local time |
| datetimeutc | observation dateand time in UTC (blank) |
| depth | Botom depth in meters |
| depthsounding | definition not provided |
| dispmax | (blank) |
| dispmin | (blank) |
| distsight | (blank) |
| distsightperp | definition not provided |
| effortstatus | Effort status |
| flightofday | Flight of day |
| glareleft | Glare at left side |
| glareright | Glare at right side |
| groupid | Group ID (blank) |
| headinganimal | Heading of the animals in degrees |
| headingplatmagnetic | Heading magnetic angle (blank) |
| headingplattrue | Heading true angle |
| horizsun | definition not provided |
| latitude | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| latplatform | Latitude of the platform in degrees |
| latvessel | definition not provided |
| legid | Leg ID (blank) |
| legnotes | Leg notes |
| legnumber | Leg number (blank) |
| linearity | (blank) |
| longitude | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| longplatform | Longitude of the platform in degrees |
| longvessel | definition not provided |
| mitigation | (blank) |
| mitigationtype | (blank) |
| navydirectedleg | definition not provided |
| observer | Observer name |
| observeraft | Observer at aft (blank) |
| observercenter | Observer at center (blank) |
| observerforward | Observer at forward (blank) |
| observerleft | Observer on the left side (blank) |
| observerrearleft | Observer at rear left (blank) |
| observerrearright | Observer at rear right (blank) |
| observerright | Observer on the right side (blank) |
| ocean | Ocean (always Pacific) |
| opticstype | (blank) |
| ordnance | (blank) |
| percentcloudcover | Cloud cover in percentage |
| percentcloudcoverleft | Cloud cover at left side in percentage (blank) |
| percentcloudcoverright | Cloud cover at right side in percentage (blank) |
| photoframes | (blank) |
| photographer | Photographer name (blank) |
| photos | Indicate if a photo was taken |
| pic | definition not provided |
| platformded | (blank) |
| platformmodel | Platform model (blank) |
| platformspeed | Platform speed (blank) |
| platformtype | Platform type (always Aerial) |
| rangecomplex | Range complex (always SOCAL) |
| reactioninit | Initial reaction |
| reactioninitcount | Reaction count (blank) |
| reactionlater | Reaction of the animals later (blank) |
| reactionlatercount | Later reaction count (blank) |
| recorder | Recorder name (blank) |
| recorderfocal | (blank) |
| reorientationrate | (blank) |
| resolution | (blank) |
| shoredist | Distance to shore |
| sic | (blank) |
| sightingdetectionsensor | (blank) |
| sightingendloe | (blank) |
| sightingmulti | Indicate if multiple species were sighted (blank) |
| sightingnotes | Notes of the sighting |
| sightingnumber | Sighting number |
| sightingrelmovement | (blank) |
| sightingtimeend | The end time of the sighting (blank) |
| sightingtrialloe | (blank) |
| slope | Slope |
| sonar | Sonar (blank) |
| spcscode | Species code (blank) |
| spcsconfidence | Confidence of the species identification |
| spcshauledout | Species hauled out (blank) |
| spcsitis | Species ITIS number (blank) |
| spcsnmcom | Species common name |
| spcsnmsci | Species scientific name |
| sp_tsn | Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| surveyid | Survey ID |
| surveypoint | Survey point |
| swell | swell height (values = 0 - 8; blank) |
| swelldirection | Swell direction (blank) |
| tagging | Indicate if tagging was made (blank) |
| theoconvhorz | (blank) |
| theoconvvert | (blank) |
| theorawhorz | (blank) |
| theorawvert | (blank) |
| trkdist | (blank) |
| vertangleorreticle | Vertical angle to the animal |
| vertsun | (blank) |
| vesselsize | (blank) |
| vesseltype | (blank) |
| video | Indicate if video was taken |
| videographer | (blank) |
| visibility | (blank) |
| visibilityleft | Visibility at the left side |
| visibilityright | Visibility at the right side |
| waveheight | Wave height (blank) |
| winddirection | Wind direciton (blank) |
| windspeed | Wind speed (blank) |
| geom | Geometry field added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
