Incident Archive
The complete set of public incident records Tarline collects for the California coast, from four independent sources: NOAA IncidentNews case pages, raw National Response Center caller reports, satellite oil-signature detections, and California Spill Watch response notices. Search the text, narrow to one source, and page through the whole history.
Every row here is a source report, not a confirmed release. National Response Center entries in particular are self-reported by callers with no agency verification step, satellite detections are possible signatures rather than sampled oil, and a report saying nothing about a beach is not evidence that the beach was clean. Follow the link on a row and read the original record before citing it.
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Showing 601 to 625 of 2,160 records for all sources
- IncidentNews
Sodium Hydroxide Leak: Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, California
chemical · ID 11142 · 33.770, -118.280
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On April 3, 2026, the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) for California was contacted by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach regarding a compromised container of sodium hydroxide. The Los Angeles Fire Department deployed on scene and established a 1000-foot safety zone around the container. Hazardous materials handlers were dispatched to assist in opening the container, assessing additional risks or hazards, and beginning off-loading the container. The container doors were opened without incident. The Incident Command demobilized April 3 and the remainder of the cleanup was managed by the facility.
- NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting research vessel suffered a hose rupture resulting in the release of approx 2 gallons of hydraulic oil into the water. Re…
nrc report · ID 1458912 · 33.843, -119.578
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Caller is reporting research vessel suffered a hose rupture resulting in the release of approx 2 gallons of hydraulic oil into the water. Release secured and material on deck cleaned up while material in water naturally dissipated. Caller had no further information.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller discovered a release of lubricant, into drainage, into a sump and into elderberry bay, from a air compressor building. Caller sta…
nrc report · ID 1458876
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The caller discovered a release of lubricant, into drainage, into a sump and into elderberry bay, from a air compressor building. Caller states the cause of the release was due to a failed heat exchanged on an air compressor.
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raw report — unverified: Rainbow 100 yrds x 299 yards , moving west
nrc report · ID 1458853 · 33.054, -117.927
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raw report — unverified: The caller reported that a moored 24ft patrol / company vessel tied off to a dock sank in big bear lake. The incident occured after a tracto…
nrc report · ID 1458891
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The caller reported that a moored 24ft patrol / company vessel tied off to a dock sank in big bear lake. The incident occured after a tractor (construction vehicle) rolled down a launch ramp and ran into and sank the dock and vessel at the incident location. The cause of the tractor rolling down the launch ramp is unknown. The caller stated an unknown amount of an unknown oil / fuel discharged from the vessel into big bear lake. -no injuries or fatalities.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: /// this is an update to report 1458802 /// Update as follows: the amount of sewage released was determined to be 283 gallons. The cause of…
nrc report · ID 1459186
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/// this is an update to report 1458802 /// Update as follows: the amount of sewage released was determined to be 283 gallons. The cause of the release is still unknown, but not city related. Original report as follows: the caller reported a release of approximately 1121 gallons of sewage from two toilets of a private residence that went onto the ground inside the home at the incident location. The cause of the release is unknown. /// this is an update to report 1458802 ///
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raw report — unverified: The caller reported a release of approximately 1121 gallons of sewage from two toilets of a private residence that went onto the ground insi…
nrc report · ID 1458802
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The caller reported a release of approximately 1121 gallons of sewage from two toilets of a private residence that went onto the ground inside the home at the incident location. The cause of the release is unknown.
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raw report — unverified: Caller states the suspected responsible party (srp) is tearing up a commercial fishing vessel with an excavator and they are just allowing h…
nrc report · ID 1458779
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Caller states the suspected responsible party (srp) is tearing up a commercial fishing vessel with an excavator and they are just allowing hundreds of diesel fuel to spill into the water. Caller is very concerned and would like somebody to respond immediately.
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raw report — unverified: Caller discovered a lot of tar balls washed up on the beach at the incident location. Caller states there are too many to county. The bigg…
nrc report · ID 1458786
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Caller discovered a lot of tar balls washed up on the beach at the incident location. Caller states there are too many to county. The biggest one appeared to be about 4 inches in size and there are dark black in color.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller reported the release of an estimated 50 gallons of hydraulic oil from a dump truck, due to an operator error. The oil spilled onto as…
nrc report · ID 1458852
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Caller reported the release of an estimated 50 gallons of hydraulic oil from a dump truck, due to an operator error. The oil spilled onto asphalt and concrete, no waterway impacted.
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raw report — unverified: Caller reported that a sailing vessel discharged an unknown amount of unknown oil into the water for unknown reasons, causing a rainbow shee…
nrc report · ID 1458728
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Caller reported that a sailing vessel discharged an unknown amount of unknown oil into the water for unknown reasons, causing a rainbow sheen.
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raw report — unverified: Caller states that oily water has been running off of a construction site for the last couple of years. The oily runoff water has made it in…
nrc report · ID 1458753
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Caller states that oily water has been running off of a construction site for the last couple of years. The oily runoff water has made it into the callers private residence and caused an unknown amount of damage.
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raw report — unverified: Produced water and crude oil released from a drilling rig with a loss of well control due to an unknown cause at this time.
nrc report · ID 1458707
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raw report — unverified: Caller states the suspected responsible party (srp) is bypassing the oily water separator causing oil to go overboard. Caller also describe…
nrc report · ID 1458702
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Caller states the suspected responsible party (srp) is bypassing the oily water separator causing oil to go overboard. Caller also described it as tampering of the sensing oil probe. Caller states this is intentional dumping. The vessel is currently located at the incident location.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Diesel fuel discharged from a vessel due to an unknown cause at this time.
nrc report · ID 1458687
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raw report — unverified: The caller stated that a commercial vehicle is releasing an unknown amount of an unknown oil onto a sidewalk. The caller is also concerned t…
nrc report · ID 1458669
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The caller stated that a commercial vehicle is releasing an unknown amount of an unknown oil onto a sidewalk. The caller is also concerned the ground water at the location may be at risk. The cause of the release is unknown to the caller.
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raw report — unverified: Hydraulic fluid discharged from a bow thruster on a vessel due to operator error (individual was flushing the lines through the bow thruster…
nrc report · ID 1458667
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Hydraulic fluid discharged from a bow thruster on a vessel due to operator error (individual was flushing the lines through the bow thrusters but did not realize there was still hydraulic fluid in it).
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raw report — unverified: Hydraulic fluid discharged from their stern launch gate due to a leak in the hydraulic system during training operations.
nrc report · ID 1458648
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raw report — unverified: Unknown sheen sighting. Exact source of the sheen is unknown at this time. Caller suspects the sheen is diesel fuel and it possibly origin…
nrc report · ID 1458651
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Unknown sheen sighting. Exact source of the sheen is unknown at this time. Caller suspects the sheen is diesel fuel and it possibly originated from a fishing vessel in the area.
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raw report — unverified: Caller discovered a mystery sheen that may have originated from a whale watching ship but is not confirmed Sheen is approx 30' x 100' in si…
nrc report · ID 1458579
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Caller discovered a mystery sheen that may have originated from a whale watching ship but is not confirmed Sheen is approx 30' x 100' in size, very light and dispersed
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raw report — unverified: The caller stated that a vessel’s bilge pump released diesel. The material released into morro bay in unknown amounts. The cause is unknown,…
nrc report · ID 1458567
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The caller stated that a vessel’s bilge pump released diesel. The material released into morro bay in unknown amounts. The cause is unknown, however the belief is that the pump was automatically running
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raw report — unverified: Caller states that the vessel 'rix line' leaked less than 1 gallon of diesel fuel into spinnaker bay due to mechanical issues Secured; mec…
nrc report · ID 1458560
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Caller states that the vessel 'rix line' leaked less than 1 gallon of diesel fuel into spinnaker bay due to mechanical issues Secured; mechanic notified, naturally evaporating
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raw report — unverified: The caller discovered a dumping of contaminated soil at the abandoned car wash. The caller states that a construction company has left the c…
nrc report · ID 1458882
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The caller discovered a dumping of contaminated soil at the abandoned car wash. The caller states that a construction company has left the contaminated dirt in the area and caused an unknown chemical odor in the area.
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raw report — unverified: Caller states they received notification of a sunken fishing vessel creating a thin rainbow sheen, spanning an approx area of 20x40' at thei…
nrc report · ID 1458450
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Caller states they received notification of a sunken fishing vessel creating a thin rainbow sheen, spanning an approx area of 20x40' at their marina in humboldt bay Tank capacity & potential is unknown at this time; owner is out of town At time of report, area is at high tide
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raw report — unverified: Caller reported that a car struck a pad mounted transformer, releasing 37 gallons of non-pcb mineral oil to dirt and street, approx 8 gallon…
nrc report · ID 1458437
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Caller reported that a car struck a pad mounted transformer, releasing 37 gallons of non-pcb mineral oil to dirt and street, approx 8 gallons entered a storm drain. It is unknown to the caller if there were any injuries or fatalities.
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