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TAR/OIL 10.0/10 0 reports today Β· last 3 days ago
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now 2.0 ft rising Β· next H 5.0 Β· 4:07 PM
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66Β°Fpartly cloudy2.3 ktUV 0Sunrise 6:29 AM Β· Sunset 7:12 PM
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TodayUV 3 ModerateSunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:12 PMMoonrise 12:12 AMMoonset 3:35 PM🌘 Waning Crescentnext full moon Sep 27

Live Observations

Jul 18, 6:05 AM dr_moreno Wrack line Clean None Balls – – – – C
Jul 17, 3:40 PM anon Wrack line Clean None Greasy coat – – None – C
Jul 16, 3:25 PM anon Dry sand Clean None Balls – – Sheen, Tar balls – C
Jul 16, 12:24 PM anon Wrack line Clean None Balls – – – – B
Jul 15, 1:22 PM anon Dry sand Clean None Greasy coat – – None – C
Jul 14, 2:03 PM anon Wrack line Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Hard – – B
Jul 14, 10:34 AM anon Waterline Clean None Balls – – – – C
Jul 14, 6:15 AM anon Waterline Clean None Balls – – – – A
Jul 12, 4:45 PM anon Dry sand Clean None Balls – – None – B
Jul 12, 11:39 AM sandsbeach_sam Wrack line Clean None Balls – – – – B
Jul 11, 8:03 AM anon Dry sand Clean None Greasy coat – – None – A
Jul 11, 7:57 AM anon Rocks Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Hard – – B
Jul 10, 6:37 PM carp_surfer Wrack line Clean None Balls – – Sheen – C
Jul 10, 12:23 PM anon Wrack line Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Hard None – B
Jul 6, 4:21 PM elcap_eli Wrack line Clean None Greasy coat – – None – C
Jul 3, 2:16 PM anon Waterline Clean None Film – – None – B
Jul 3, 8:50 AM anon Dry sand Clean None Balls – – None – B
Jul 2, 12:39 PM tarball_tracker Dry sand Black line None Balls – – Sheen, Tar balls – A
Jun 30, 4:55 PM anon Dry sand Clean None Balls – – – – B
Jun 29, 4:57 PM anon Wrack line Clean Trace <1% Balls Pea Hard – – C

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… 7.4 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… 4.1 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… 4.1 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… 7.2 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… 3.3 km β€”
Jun 25, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTED THAT WHILE DISCHARGING CARGO FROM A CONTAINER SHIP, A DOCKSIDE GANTRY CRANE DISCHARGED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC OIL ON… 10.6 km β€”
Jun 8, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE THE DISCHARGE OF AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF MIXTURE OF CRUDE OIL AND PRODUCED WATER, FROM A WELL (EU002), TO CONCRETE CONTAI… 7.3 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… 4 km β€”
May 22, 2026 IncidentNews Release of Methyl Methacrylate; Garden Grove, California 14 km Source β†—
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Apr 3, 2026 IncidentNews Sodium Hydroxide Leak: Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, California 12.3 km Source β†—
Mar 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: CALLER STATES THERE ARE 12 DEAD BIRDS AT TORRANCE BEACH AS WELL AS AN OIL SHEEN ON THE SAND. USCG IS ON SCENE AND ASKED THAT HE REPORT IT. 23.3 km β€”
Mar 9, 2026 IncidentNews Container Ship Loses 32 Containers; south of Aleutian Islands, Alaska 6.2 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. 5.3 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 … 5.3 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… 6.4 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. 13.3 km β€”
Nov 21, 2025 IncidentNews Containership Fire at Port of Los Angeles; Long Beach, California 9.1 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… 8.3 km β€”
Sep 23, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: UNKNOWN SHEEN SIGHTING. EXACT SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. CALLER SUSPECTS THE SHEEN MAY BE ORIGINATING FROM THE SUSPECTED… 11.8 km β€”
Sep 11, 2025 IncidentNews Shipping Container Spill, Port of Long Beach; Long Beach, California 5.2 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… 5.1 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… 5.1 km β€”
Aug 27, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: /// THIS IS A POTENTIAL RELEASE /// CALLER STATES THEY RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF A RESPONSE TO AN UNKNOWN SUNKEN VESSEL WITH THE POTENTIA… 12.7 km β€”
Aug 18, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: /// POTENTIAL RELEASE /// CALLER STATED A BOAT OPERATOR STRUCK THE BREAKWALL WHILE INTOXICATED, AND CAUSED A 3-4 FOOT HOLE ON THE PORTSID… 11.9 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. 2.7 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… 10.6 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… 7 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. 19.6 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… 19.6 km β€”
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: /// UPDATE TO INCIDENT REPORT # 1426219 /// CALLER UPDATED THE AMOUNT OF CRUDE OIL DISCHARGED TO APPROXIMATELY 80 BARRELS. DISCHARGE WAS SE… 9.7 km β€”
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: ////UPDATE TO INCIDENT REPORT # 1426292//// CALLER UPDATED THE AMOUNT OF CRUDE OIL DISCHARGED TO APPROXIMATELY 125 BARRELS. /// UPDATE T… 9.7 km β€”
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT CRUDE OIL RELEASED IN UNKNOWN AMOUNTS ONTO THE GROUND, GRAVEL, AND SOIL AT THE LOCATION. THE MATERIAL RELEASED FROM A… 9.7 km β€”
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: /// THIS IS A 48 HR PHMSA UPDATE TO NRC REPORT 1426022 /// UPDATES INCLUDE: - MEDIUM AFFECTED: "SOME OF THE SPILLED MATERIAL ENTERED A NE… 9.7 km β€”
Mar 13, 2025 IncidentNews Crude oil discharge, Berth 55; Port of Long Beach, California 5.9 km Source β†—
Mar 5, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT THEY DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE AT SLIP 1 OF THE MAIN CHANNEL IN THE LA HARBOR. 11.1 km β€”
Mar 4, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER STATED THAT THEY DISCOVERED AN ODOR OF RAW SEWAGE AND OIL AT THE LOCATION. THE SOURCE OF THE RELEASE IS UNKNOWN TO THE CALLER HOW… 14.7 km β€”
Feb 13, 2025 NRC raw raw report β€” unverified: THE CALLER IS REPORTING A RELEASE OF DIESEL FUEL ONTO THE GROUND FROM A REEFER TANK OF A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK AND TRAILER. THE CALLER STATE… 20.3 km 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… 5.9 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… 5.3 km β€”
Mar 8, 2024 IncidentNews Sheen Report; off Huntington Beach, CA 12 km Source β†—
Jan 21, 2024 IncidentNews Stormwater Outfall Oil Discharge; Dominguez Channel, Long Beach, CA 9.5 km Source β†—
Aug 17, 2023 IncidentNews 43-Foot Vessel Sunk near Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington Beach, CA 12.9 km Source β†—
Mar 14, 2023 IncidentNews Partially Submerged Vessel off the Port of Los Angeles, CA 16.5 km Source β†—
Dec 11, 2022 IncidentNews Privately-Owned, De-Commissioned Coast Guard Buoy Tender Grounded, Long Beach, CA 8.3 km Source β†—
Oct 24, 2022 IncidentNews 70’ Fishing Vessel Sunk, Fish Harbor, San Pedro, CA 11.2 km Source β†—
May 6, 2022 IncidentNews Weathered Tarballs in Southern California, Santa Monica Bay to Dana Point, CA 24.4 km Source β†—
Dec 22, 2021 IncidentNews Tarballs off Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, CA 11.5 km Source β†—
Dec 15, 2021 IncidentNews Transient Vessel Sinking at West Basin, Long Beach, CA 8 km Source β†—
Dec 15, 2021 IncidentNews 61-ft Paddleboat Sinking, Long Beach, CA 1 km Source β†—
Dec 15, 2021 IncidentNews Black Oil Slick; Huntington Beach, CA 11.9 km Source β†—
Oct 2, 2021 IncidentNews Pipeline Spill Huntington Beach, CA; United States 14.5 km Source β†—
Jul 15, 2021 IncidentNews PC GODFATHER sinking; off Seal Beach, CA 3.7 km Source β†—
Dec 9, 2020 IncidentNews 35’ vessel submerged/grounded; Long Beach, CA 2 km Source β†—
Apr 6, 2020 IncidentNews Gray whale carcass; Port of Los Angeles, CA 9.3 km Source β†—
Mar 11, 2020 IncidentNews Gray whale carcass; Port of Long Beach, CA 7.5 km Source β†—
Mar 4, 2020 IncidentNews Gray whale carcass; Long Beach, CA 7.4 km Source β†—
Aug 25, 2019 IncidentNews Pleasure craft "The Lady" sunk; Huntington Beach, CA 7.5 km Source β†—
Jul 22, 2019 IncidentNews Construction Barge Potential Spill; Long Beach Inner Harbor, CA 2.6 km Source β†—
Jun 3, 2019 IncidentNews Blue whale carcass; Long Beach, CA 6.6 km Source β†—
Apr 29, 2019 IncidentNews Gray whale carcass; Port of LA/Long Beach, CA 7.7 km Source β†—
Aug 6, 2017 IncidentNews Propyl acetate release; Pier G, Port of Long Beach, CA 90802, USA 5.3 km Source β†—
May 9, 2012 IncidentNews Platform Elly sheen; Off Huntingon Beach, CA 19.6 km Source β†—
Apr 20, 2010 IncidentNews F/V Pacific Bully; Santa Ana jetty, CA 22.4 km Source β†—
Oct 6, 2006 IncidentNews Platform Elly; Huntington Beach, CA 19.6 km Source β†—
Mar 26, 1998 IncidentNews Mystery Marsh Spill; Long Beach, California 8.7 km Source β†—
Jul 20, 1995 IncidentNews Port of Los Angeles Hydrochloric Acid Release; Wilmington, California 11.8 km Source β†—
Nov 28, 1991 IncidentNews M/V Lavaux; Long Beach, California 10.7 km Source β†—
Jul 10, 1991 IncidentNews M/V ZIM CANADA; Los Angeles, California 9.6 km Source β†—
Jan 9, 1991 IncidentNews M/V SAMMI SUPERSTARS; Los Angeles, California 9.6 km Source β†—
Oct 31, 1990 IncidentNews Seal Beach Well Blowout; Seal Beach, California 3.4 km Source β†—
Feb 23, 1990 IncidentNews CONTAINER SHIP; Los Angeles, CA 11.9 km Source β†—
Feb 7, 1990 IncidentNews T/V American Trader; Huntington Beach, California 18.4 km Source β†—