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TAR/OIL 7.2/10 0 reports today · last 3 days ago Tar/Oil scores 0–10 · 10 clean
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66°Fpartly cloudy2.3 ktUV 0Sunrise 6:29 AM · Sunset 7:12 PM
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TodayUV 3 ModerateSunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:12 PMMoonrise 12:12 AMMoonset 3:35 PM🌘 Waning Crescent
Live Observations
Jul 18, 8:31 AM anon Wrack line Clean Patchy 11-50% Balls Pea Firm – – B
Jul 17, 4:58 PM anon Dry sand Clean None Greasy coat – – Sheen, Tar balls – A
Jul 14, 4:10 PM anon Wrack line Black line Patchy 11-50% Balls Pea Hard None – C
Jul 14, 9:14 AM channelkeeper_max Dry sand Clean Broken-continuous >50% Balls Pea Hard – – A
Jul 11, 5:43 PM hammonds_hugh Rocks Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Hard None – A
Jul 10, 8:16 AM channelkeeper_jo Waterline Clean Sporadic 1-10% Balls Coin Hard – – A
Jul 8, 2:52 PM anon Wrack line Clean Trace <1% Balls Pea Hard None – A
Jul 7, 6:21 PM anon Dry sand Clean None Balls – – None – C
Jul 7, 3:34 PM hammonds_hugh Waterline Sheen None Balls – – Sheen – C
Jul 6, 5:56 PM goleta_greg Rocks Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Hard – – A
Jul 2, 2:05 PM anon Waterline Clean None Balls – – – – B
Jul 1, 6:23 PM sandsbeach_sam Waterline Clean Trace <1% Balls Coin Firm – – A
Jun 30, 5:44 PM anon Wrack line Clean None Balls – – – – C
Jun 28, 2:20 PM anon Wrack line Clean Trace <1% Balls Pea Firm None – C
Jun 28, 1:39 PM anon Wrack line Clean None Balls – – – – B
Jun 28, 1:24 PM anon Waterline Clean None Balls – – None – B
Jun 27, 3:26 PM anon Dry sand Clean None Film – – – – C
Jun 26, 8:30 AM channelkeeper_max Waterline Clean None Balls – – – – C
Jun 24, 10:26 AM anon Waterline Clean None Balls – – None – B
Jun 24, 7:19 AM channelkeeper_kai Wrack line Clean Sporadic 1-10% Balls Coin Hard None – C
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Aug 20, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 10.1 km —
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE DISCHARGE OF LESS THAN (2) BARRELS OF OILY WATER, FROM A CLEANUP TANK, TO CONCRETE/ASPHALT SECONDARY CONTAINMENT DUE TO… 7.1 km —
Aug 17, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 7.1 km —
Aug 2, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ****POTENTIAL RELEASE*****
CALLER REPORTING A CAPSIZED VESSEL TAKING ON WATER OFF SHORE OF NEWPORT BEACH. THE POTENTIAL DISCHARGE WAS REPOR… 24.8 km —
Jul 23, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 10.6 km —
Jul 11, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 22.7 km —
Jun 30, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTING THE RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF INJECTION WATER FROM AN ABOVE GROUND PIPELINE DUE TO AN UNKNOWN REASON. PIPELINE DETAIL… 7.2 km —
Jun 25, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTED THAT WHILE DISCHARGING CARGO FROM A CONTAINER SHIP, A DOCKSIDE GANTRY CRANE DISCHARGED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF HYDRAULIC OIL ON… 13.7 km —
Jun 8, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 11.3 km —
May 23, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ///POTENTIAL RELEASE REPRT///
THE CALLER IS REPORTING A POTENTIAL RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN FUEL AND PROPANE, INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, FROM AN A… 0.9 km —
May 18, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 23.8 km —
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Apr 4, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 22.8 km —
Apr 3, 2026 IncidentNews Sodium Hydroxide Leak: Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, California 16.1 km
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Mar 9, 2026 IncidentNews Container Ship Loses 32 Containers; south of Aleutian Islands, Alaska 9.9 km
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Feb 3, 2026 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN SHEEN FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 2.2 km —
Feb 3, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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 … 2.2 km —
Jan 15, 2026 NRC raw raw report — 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… 10.3 km —
Dec 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CRUDE OIL DISCHARGED FROM A PLATFORM DUE TO AN OVERFLOW. CAUSE OF THE OVERFLOW IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. 9.7 km —
Nov 21, 2025 IncidentNews Containership Fire at Port of Los Angeles; Long Beach, California 10.7 km
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Nov 13, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 7.2 km —
Oct 7, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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 … 22.8 km —
Sep 27, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: UNKNOWN SHEEN SIGHTING. EXACT SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. 22.2 km —
Sep 23, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: UNKNOWN SHEEN SIGHTING. EXACT SOURCE OF THE SHEEN IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. CALLER SUSPECTS THE SHEEN MAY BE ORIGINATING FROM THE SUSPECTED… 15 km —
Sep 11, 2025 IncidentNews Shipping Container Spill, Port of Long Beach; Long Beach, California 8.5 km
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Sep 9, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: /// POTENTIAL RELEASE ///
CALLER REPORTING A SHIPPING CONTAINER WAS DROPPED BY A CRANE AND HIT A BARGE CREATING A POTENTIAL RELEASE OF MA… 8.4 km —
Sep 9, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: //////THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR NRC REPORT NUMBER 1442235.///////
UPDATED INFO:
- CALLER STATES AERIAL DRONE FOOTAGE NOTICED A LIGHT SHEEN BEHI… 8.4 km —
Aug 31, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 22.8 km —
Aug 27, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: /// THIS IS A POTENTIAL RELEASE ///
CALLER STATES THEY RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF A RESPONSE TO AN UNKNOWN SUNKEN VESSEL WITH THE POTENTIA… 15.2 km —
Aug 18, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: /// POTENTIAL RELEASE ///
CALLER STATED A BOAT OPERATOR STRUCK THE BREAKWALL WHILE INTOXICATED, AND CAUSED A 3-4 FOOT HOLE ON THE PORTSID… 14.8 km —
Aug 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTED A MYSTERY SHEEN IN THE WATER. CALLER COULD NOT SOURCE THE SHEEN. 23.9 km —
Jul 11, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: CALLER REPORTED A LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THEIR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WHILE UNDERWAY THAT COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN A RELEASE OF MATERIALS. 3.7 km —
Jun 10, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 12.1 km —
May 29, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 10.2 km —
May 10, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: THE CALLER STATES THE DRAIN PAN FAILED, WHICH IS RELEASING 1 GALLON OF OILY WATER INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 17.5 km —
May 10, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 17.5 km —
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: /// UPDATE TO INCIDENT REPORT # 1426219 ///
CALLER UPDATED THE AMOUNT OF CRUDE OIL DISCHARGED TO APPROXIMATELY 80 BARRELS. DISCHARGE WAS SE… 13.8 km —
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: ////UPDATE TO INCIDENT REPORT # 1426292////
CALLER UPDATED THE AMOUNT OF CRUDE OIL DISCHARGED TO APPROXIMATELY 125 BARRELS.
/// UPDATE T… 13.8 km —
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 13.8 km —
Mar 14, 2025 NRC raw raw report — unverified: /// THIS IS A 48 HR PHMSA UPDATE TO NRC REPORT 1426022 ///
UPDATES INCLUDE:
- MEDIUM AFFECTED: "SOME OF THE SPILLED MATERIAL ENTERED A NE… 13.8 km —
Mar 13, 2025 IncidentNews Crude oil discharge, Berth 55; Port of Long Beach, California 9.9 km
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Mar 5, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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. 14.7 km —
Mar 4, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 17.4 km —
Feb 13, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 23.7 km —
Feb 7, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 6.1 km —
Feb 6, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 22.7 km —
Feb 2, 2025 NRC raw raw report — 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… 2.2 km —
Jan 21, 2024 IncidentNews Stormwater Outfall Oil Discharge; Dominguez Channel, Long Beach, CA 13.4 km
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Aug 17, 2023 IncidentNews 43-Foot Vessel Sunk near Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Huntington Beach, CA 8.9 km
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Mar 14, 2023 IncidentNews Partially Submerged Vessel off the Port of Los Angeles, CA 18.3 km
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Dec 11, 2022 IncidentNews Privately-Owned, De-Commissioned Coast Guard Buoy Tender Grounded, Long Beach, CA 11.6 km
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May 6, 2022 IncidentNews Weathered Tarballs in Southern California, Santa Monica Bay to Dana Point, CA 23.6 km
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Dec 22, 2021 IncidentNews Tarballs off Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, CA 7.6 km
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Jul 22, 2019 IncidentNews Construction Barge Potential Spill; Long Beach Inner Harbor, CA 5.5 km
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Aug 6, 2017 IncidentNews Propyl acetate release; Pier G, Port of Long Beach, CA 90802, USA 8.5 km
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Jul 20, 1995 IncidentNews Port of Los Angeles Hydrochloric Acid Release; Wilmington, California 15.8 km
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