# Dominica Sperm Whale Project (DSWP) dataset
This dataset contains 1,501 sperm whale codas (~45 minutes of audio) recorded off the coast of Dominica. Each audio file contains at least one coda extracted from longer recordings collected by the [Dominica Sperm Whale Project](https://www.thespermwhaleproject.org/) using a combination of far-field boat-based hydrophones and animal-borne acoustic tags.
This dataset accompanies our paper:
- _[WhAM: Towards A Translative Model of Sperm Whale Vocalization (NeurIPS 2025)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02206)_
General background about codas can be found in Appendix B therein.
### Data Collection
Codas were collected between 2005 and 2018 during field seasons in a ~2000 km² area off the coast of Dominica. Recordings were obtained using several passive, non-invasive recording systems over the years, including towed hydrophones and animal-borne tags. Specifically:
- A Fostex VF-160 multitrack recorder (44.1kHz sampling rate) and a custom built t…
