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TAR/OIL 7.5/10 0 reports today Β· last 3 days ago
Tar/Oil scores 0–10 Β· 10 clean
7.5 Sand
10.0 Water
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now 2.0 ft rising Β· next H 5.0 Β· 4:07 PM
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Tar/Oil Conditions

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65.3Β°Fpartly cloudy1.2 ktUV 0Sunrise 6:28 AM Β· Sunset 7:11 PM
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TodayUV 3 ModerateSunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:11 PMMoonrise 12:12 AMMoonset 3:34 PM🌘 Waning Crescentnext full moon Sep 27

Live Observations

Jul 18, 9:35 AM anon Waterline Black line Trace <1% Balls Coin – None – C
Jul 18, 6:47 AM westbeach_wes Wrack line Clean Sporadic 1-10% Balls Slab Firm None – A
Jul 17, 5:21 PM mesa_lane_mary Rocks Black line Trace <1% Balls Coin Firm None – C
Jul 17, 11:09 AM anon Dry sand Clean Trace <1% Balls – Firm – – A
Jul 17, 7:07 AM refugio_rae Dry sand Black line Trace <1% Balls Coin Sticky None – C
Jul 16, 2:45 PM anon Dry sand Clean Trace <1% Balls – Firm None – C
Jul 15, 6:11 PM anon Waterline Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Firm None – C
Jul 15, 5:29 PM anon Waterline Black line Patchy 11-50% Balls Palm Hard Odor – A
Jul 15, 1:48 PM anon Waterline Clean Sporadic 1-10% Film – – Odor – C
Jul 13, 6:52 PM anon Wrack line Clean Patchy 11-50% Balls – Hard – – C
Jul 12, 6:14 PM anon Waterline Black line Trace <1% Balls Coin – – – A
Jul 12, 2:11 PM anon Waterline Clean Sporadic 1-10% Balls – Hard Sheen – B
Jul 12, 6:08 AM mesa_lane_mary Rocks Clean Sporadic 1-10% Balls – Hard None – B
Jul 11, 4:13 PM anon Dry sand Sheen Trace <1% Balls Pea – None – B
Jul 11, 1:27 PM copr_val Rocks Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Hard – – C
Jul 11, 12:45 PM anon Wrack line Black line Sporadic 1-10% Balls Palm Firm – – B
Jul 11, 7:51 AM sandsbeach_sam Waterline Black line Trace <1% Balls Coin – – – B
Jul 10, 6:17 PM anon Wrack line Sheen Sporadic 1-10% Film – – – – C
Jul 10, 3:11 PM wavewatcher22 Wrack line Clean Sporadic 1-10% Balls Pea Hard Sheen – C
Jul 9, 7:14 AM channelkeeper_dana Dry sand Black line Patchy 11-50% Balls Pea Hard None – A

16-Day Forecast

Confidence is an estimate based on forecast lead time.

Nearby Buoys

Buoy 46222 just now
Wave ht 3.9ft
Period 15s
Water temp 70.9Β°F
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Nearby Incident Reports

Aug 20, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN SAN PEDRO BAY. THE SHEEN WAS DESCRIBED AS 20 FT X 30 FT, AND IT IS AN UNKNOWN COL… 22.2 km β€”
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE DISCHARGE OF LESS THAN (2) BARRELS OF OILY WATER, FROM A CLEANUP TANK, TO CONCRETE/ASPHALT SECONDARY CONTAINMENT DUE TO… 20.3 km β€”
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: ****THIS IS AN UPDATE TO NRC REPORT #1470983**** UPDATE IS AS FOLLOWS: - THE CALLER STATES 31 GALLONS OF OIL AND 95 GALLONS OF WATER RELEAS… 20.3 km β€”
Aug 2, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: ****POTENTIAL RELEASE***** CALLER REPORTING A CAPSIZED VESSEL TAKING ON WATER OFF SHORE OF NEWPORT BEACH. THE POTENTIAL DISCHARGE WAS REPOR… 10.5 km β€”
Jul 23, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED THAT WHILE WORKING ON THE THRUSTER OF A BARGE, A SHEEN WAS DISCOVERED ON THE WATERS OF SAN PEDRO BAY. THE MATERIAL RELEA… 23.6 km β€”
Jul 11, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTED THAT A VESSEL HAD AN OIL LEAK SOMEWHERE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT LEADING TO THE BILGE. WHILE CLEANING THE BILGE, THEY LIFTE… 8.5 km β€”
Jun 30, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF INJECTION WATER FROM AN ABOVE GROUND PIPELINE DUE TO AN UNKNOWN REASON. PIPELINE DETAIL… 21.1 km β€”
May 23, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: ///POTENTIAL RELEASE REPRT/// THE CALLER IS REPORTING A POTENTIAL RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN FUEL AND PROPANE, INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, FROM AN A… 14.4 km β€”
May 22, 2026 IncidentNews Release of Methyl Methacrylate; Garden Grove, California 15 km Source β†—
May 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE DISCHARGE OF APPROX (2-3) GALLONS OF BIO DEGRADABLE HYDRAULIC FLUID (POWER FLOW NZ HYDRAULIC OIL 46), FROM A RUPTURED H… 9.7 km β€”
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Apr 4, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED THAT A FUEL CROSSOVER VALVE FAILED, CAUSING A RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF DIESEL FUEL INTO THE WATERS OF NEWPORT HAR… 8.6 km β€”
Mar 9, 2026 IncidentNews Container Ship Loses 32 Containers; south of Aleutian Islands, Alaska 23.6 km Source β†—
Feb 3, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 13.3 km β€”
Feb 3, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: ****THIS IS AN UPDATE TO NRC REPORT #1454081**** UPDATE IS AS FOLLOWS: - THE CALLER STATES WHILE ABANDONING A WELLL ON A PLATFORM, WHEN THE … 13.3 km β€”
Feb 1, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTED A PLEASURE CRAFT STRUCK A REEF AND IS SINKING. THERE IS BELIEVED TO BE A RELEASE OF FUEL AT THIS TIME. 23 km β€”
Jan 15, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER IS REPORTING A RELEASE OF CARBON DUST INTO THE INNER HARBOR FROM THE INNER GAS SCRUBBER ON AN OIL TANKER. THE CALLER STATES THE C… 24.1 km β€”
Dec 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CRUDE OIL DISCHARGED FROM A PLATFORM DUE TO AN OVERFLOW. CAUSE OF THE OVERFLOW IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. 6.2 km β€”
Nov 21, 2025 IncidentNews Containership Fire at Port of Los Angeles; Long Beach, California 20.9 km Source β†—
Nov 13, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN INCIDENT, IN LONG BEACH ANCHORAGE, ON LONG BEACH HARBOR. THE SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS T… 14.7 km β€”
Oct 7, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER IS REPORTING AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE NEWPORT BEACH HARBOR. THE SHEEN IS RAINBOW IN COLOR AND 400FT X 500FT IN … 8.5 km β€”
Sep 27, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: UNKNOWN SHEEN SIGHTING. EXACT SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. 8 km β€”
Sep 11, 2025 IncidentNews Shipping Container Spill, Port of Long Beach; Long Beach, California 21.6 km Source β†—
Sep 9, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: /// POTENTIAL RELEASE /// CALLER REPORTING A SHIPPING CONTAINER WAS DROPPED BY A CRANE AND HIT A BARGE CREATING A POTENTIAL RELEASE OF MA… 21.5 km β€”
Sep 9, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: //////THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR NRC REPORT NUMBER 1442235./////// UPDATED INFO: - CALLER STATES AERIAL DRONE FOOTAGE NOTICED A LIGHT SHEEN BEHI… 21.5 km β€”
Aug 31, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED THE DISCOVERY OF AN UNKNOWN SHEEN AT A MOORING FIELD FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE ON THE WATERS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. IT IS SU… 8.5 km β€”
Aug 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTED A MYSTERY SHEEN IN THE WATER. CALLER COULD NOT SOURCE THE SHEEN. 10.1 km β€”
Jul 11, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTED A LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THEIR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WHILE UNDERWAY THAT COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN A RELEASE OF MATERIALS. 16.9 km β€”
Jun 10, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT A PASSENGER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AND RELEASED GASOLINE AND MOTOR OIL ONTO THE GROUND AND INTO A STORM DRA… 24.2 km β€”
May 29, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER IS REPORTING A RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN OIL, INTO LONG BEACH HARBOR, FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE ON THE TANKER SHIP. THE CALLER STATES TH… 22.9 km β€”
May 10, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER STATES THE DRAIN PAN FAILED, WHICH IS RELEASING 1 GALLON OF OILY WATER INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 14.4 km β€”
May 10, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER IS REPORTING A LEAK FROM A DRAIN PAN ON A PLATFORM. MATERIAL BEING RELEASED IS A MIX OF CRUDE OIL AND PRODUCED WATER. THE AMOUNT OF M… 14.4 km β€”
Mar 13, 2025 IncidentNews Crude oil discharge, Berth 55; Port of Long Beach, California 23.8 km Source β†—
Feb 7, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER REPORTED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE SAN PEDRO BAY AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION. THE SHEEN IS RAINBOW IN COLOR A… 16.6 km β€”
Feb 6, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER STATES THAT AN OLD WOODEN BOAT BILGE PUMP IS ACTIVATING FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND IS DISCHARGING AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF AN UNKNOWN OIL RE… 8.5 km β€”
Feb 2, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT A CAP ON A WELL HEAD RELEASED CRUDE OIL DUE TO A FITTING BEING LOOSE. THE CALLER STATED THAT THIS OCCURRED WHEN MAINT… 13.3 km β€”
Mar 8, 2024 IncidentNews Sheen Report; off Huntington Beach, CA 7.5 km Source β†—
Aug 17, 2023 IncidentNews 43-Foot Vessel Sunk near Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington Beach, CA 5.4 km Source β†—
Dec 11, 2022 IncidentNews Privately-Owned, De-Commissioned Coast Guard Buoy Tender Grounded, Long Beach, CA 24.3 km Source β†—
May 6, 2022 IncidentNews Weathered Tarballs in Southern California, Santa Monica Bay to Dana Point, CA 23.6 km Source β†—
Dec 22, 2021 IncidentNews Tarballs off Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, CA 7.1 km Source β†—
Dec 15, 2021 IncidentNews Transient Vessel Sinking at West Basin, Long Beach, CA 24.6 km Source β†—
Dec 15, 2021 IncidentNews 61-ft Paddleboat Sinking, Long Beach, CA 19 km Source β†—
Dec 15, 2021 IncidentNews Black Oil Slick; Huntington Beach, CA 6.5 km Source β†—
Oct 2, 2021 IncidentNews Pipeline Spill Huntington Beach, CA; United States 8.5 km Source β†—
Jul 15, 2021 IncidentNews PC GODFATHER sinking; off Seal Beach, CA 15.5 km Source β†—
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Apr 6, 2020 IncidentNews Gray whale carcass; Port of Los Angeles, CA 24 km Source β†—
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Aug 25, 2019 IncidentNews Pleasure craft "The Lady" sunk; Huntington Beach, CA 11.2 km Source β†—
Jul 22, 2019 IncidentNews Construction Barge Potential Spill; Long Beach Inner Harbor, CA 18.9 km Source β†—
Jun 3, 2019 IncidentNews Blue whale carcass; Long Beach, CA 23.2 km Source β†—
Apr 29, 2019 IncidentNews Gray whale carcass; Port of LA/Long Beach, CA 21.9 km Source β†—
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Aug 23, 2012 IncidentNews Mystery sheen; San Pedro Channel, Off Los Angeles, CA 20.1 km Source β†—
May 9, 2012 IncidentNews Platform Elly sheen; Off Huntingon Beach, CA 14.4 km Source β†—
Apr 20, 2010 IncidentNews F/V Pacific Bully; Santa Ana jetty, CA 4 km Source β†—
Oct 6, 2006 IncidentNews Platform Elly; Huntington Beach, CA 14.4 km Source β†—
Mar 26, 1998 IncidentNews Mystery Marsh Spill; Long Beach, California 10 km Source β†—
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Jul 10, 1991 IncidentNews M/V ZIM CANADA; Los Angeles, California 24.1 km Source β†—
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