Data overview

Maldives cetacean sightings

All verified sightings on record

Key statistics

Sighting charts

By species

Sightings per species

Seasonal pattern

Sightings by month

All verified sightings bucketed by calendar month across all years.

Recent notable encounters

Uncommon species recently logged

Sightings of species beyond the three most frequently recorded — the long tail that makes the dataset ecologically interesting.

Coverage matrix

Species × atoll

Verified sighting count per species per atoll. Blank cells are coverage gaps — useful for planning where to direct future survey effort.