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 51 to 75 of 2,160 records for all sources
- NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller reported an unknown material creating a sheen coming off of a large ship that was unloading sugar. Sheen/material was described as da…
nrc report · ID 1474429
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Caller reported an unknown material creating a sheen coming off of a large ship that was unloading sugar. Sheen/material was described as dark brown 15 ft clumps.
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raw report — unverified: Potential Release Report: Caller reporting their vessel sank due to striking an object 8-10 miles off shore catalina island. No reported she…
nrc report · ID 1474354
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Potential Release Report: Caller reporting their vessel sank due to striking an object 8-10 miles off shore catalina island. No reported sheen in the waterway. Baywatch isthmus went to the scene and confirmed no sheen. Caller reported (50) gallons of diesel on board.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller reported that an aircraft went down 6 miles offshore in the pacific ocean. The pilot evacuated due to mechanical problems. Caller rep…
nrc report · ID 1474335 · 35.402, -120.968
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Caller reported that an aircraft went down 6 miles offshore in the pacific ocean. The pilot evacuated due to mechanical problems. Caller reported that 900 gallons of diesel were believed to be onboard. No reported sheen but they did report a strong diesel odor in the area.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller reported a discharge of approximately one ounce of oily bilge water from a moored 35ft pleasure craft vessel that is taking on wa…
nrc report · ID 1474298
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The caller reported a discharge of approximately one ounce of oily bilge water from a moored 35ft pleasure craft vessel that is taking on water in alamitos bay at the incident. The cause of the vessel taking on water is unknown. -the caller stated there is potentially an unknown amount of lithium batteries on board as well.
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raw report — unverified: Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the pacific ocean. While flying southwest from santa barbara airport, the sheen …
nrc report · ID 1474235
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Caller reporting an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the pacific ocean. While flying southwest from santa barbara airport, the sheen was witness roughly 12 mi en route. This report was received to the reporting party from the plane. Caller had limited information to provide.
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raw report — unverified: The caller is reporting a release of hydraulic oil, onto the ground and potentially into lagunitas creek, from a crane truck being hauled by…
nrc report · ID 1474276 · 38.013, -122.715
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The caller is reporting a release of hydraulic oil, onto the ground and potentially into lagunitas creek, from a crane truck being hauled by a tractor trailer truck and trailer. The caller states the cause of the release was due to equipment failure on the crane.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting an unknown amount of an unknown material released from a military vessel and foamed up and then dissipated. Caller had v…
nrc report · ID 1474224
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Caller is reporting an unknown amount of an unknown material released from a military vessel and foamed up and then dissipated. Caller had very little information on material. No clean up efforts reported. Caller had no further information.
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raw report — unverified: /// this is an update to NRC report 1474244 /// The update is as follows: the caller stated that that only 5-7 gallons of an unknown oil re…
nrc report · ID 1474254
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/// this is an update to NRC report 1474244 /// The update is as follows: the caller stated that that only 5-7 gallons of an unknown oil released during this incident. The rest of the material in question is believed to be seawater from the bilge. /// original report below /// The caller is reporting a release of bilge slop containing an unknown oil entered into the san diego bay from the uss theodore roosevelt. The caller states the cause of the release is unknown at this time. Caller is reporting due to a rainbow sheen on the waterway.
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raw report — unverified: The caller is reporting a release of bilge slop containing an unknown oil entered into the san diego bay from the uss theodore roosevelt. Th…
nrc report · ID 1474244
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The caller is reporting a release of bilge slop containing an unknown oil entered into the san diego bay from the uss theodore roosevelt. The caller states the cause of the release is unknown at this time. Caller is reporting due to a rainbow sheen on the waterway.
No public page - IncidentNews
Plane Crash off Morro Bay; Morro Bay, California
oil · ID 11223 · 35.401, -120.973
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On the evening of September 22, 2026, a Hunter Hawk jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Morro Bay, California. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC), requesting a trajectory analysis for 977 gallons of JP-5 (Jet Propellant-5). Additional information is unavailable at this time.
- IncidentNews
Fishing Vessel Sunk; Los Angeles, California
oil · ID 11222 · 33.711, -118.245
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On September 22, 2026, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) contacted the NOAA Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC) about the commercial fishing vessel LINDA C that hit the Los Angeles breakwall and sank just outside the main channel on Sunday, September 20. No sheening or signs of discharge have been observed. The USCG is evaluating options and requested a worst-case discharge assessment from OR&R. The owner reported 30 gallons of diesel (maximum capacity 300 gallons) and 10 gallons of hydraulic fluid onboard.
- NRC raw
raw report — unverified: The caller reported a discharge of approximately 135 gallons of gasoline from a saturator tank on a vapor recovery system at a tank storage …
nrc report · ID 1474199
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The caller reported a discharge of approximately 135 gallons of gasoline from a saturator tank on a vapor recovery system at a tank storage farm that went into secondary containment and onto soil at the incident location. The cause of the discharge is due to mechanical failure.
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raw report — unverified: The caller reported the discovery of an unknown sheen from an unknown source on the waters of moss landing harbor.
nrc report · ID 1474198
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raw report — unverified: Caller reported an unknown sheen from an unknown source.
nrc report · ID 1474148
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raw report — unverified: Less than 100 gallons of diesel fuel and an unknown number of lithium batteries released from an unmanned surface vessel. Caller states that…
nrc report · ID 1474191 · 33.017, -118.267
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Less than 100 gallons of diesel fuel and an unknown number of lithium batteries released from an unmanned surface vessel. Caller states that they lost control of the vessel and had to sink it.
No public page - NRC raw
raw report — unverified: Caller reporting a diesel spill in the shelter island yacht basin directly west of a fueling station. Sheen described as 400 yds x 400 yds …
nrc report · ID 1474127
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Caller reporting a diesel spill in the shelter island yacht basin directly west of a fueling station. Sheen described as 400 yds x 400 yds with a heavy diesel odor. The sheen was first noticed the evening of 20spe2026; the smell has gotten stronger since first discovery.
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raw report — unverified: The caller stated that they discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in mission bay. Although the source is unknown the caller sus…
nrc report · ID 1474101
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The caller stated that they discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in mission bay. Although the source is unknown the caller suspects a vessel at the location.
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raw report — unverified: Potential Release Report: Caller reporting a beached vessel due to unknown causes near point conception. No visible sheen in the waterway. …
nrc report · ID 1474162
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Potential Release Report: Caller reporting a beached vessel due to unknown causes near point conception. No visible sheen in the waterway. Investigation is underway.
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raw report — unverified: Unknown sheen sighting. Exact source of the sheen is unknown at this time.
nrc report · ID 1474094
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raw report — unverified: Unknown sheen sighting. Exact source of the sheen is unknown at this time.
nrc report · ID 1474091
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting an unknown sheen in their marina. Caller stated that the materials were in clumps and had an oil like odor.
nrc report · ID 1474051
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raw report — unverified: The caller stated that a vessel struck a break wall near angel gate. Because of this the vessel sank at the location. According to the calle…
nrc report · ID 1474385 · 33.711, -118.245
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The caller stated that a vessel struck a break wall near angel gate. Because of this the vessel sank at the location. According to the caller there is a potential for (300) gallons of diesel that could be released. Should material release it would go into the los angeles harbor. There were (3) occupants transferred off the vessel. The waterway was restricted to one way traffic after the incident.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting the saddle tank on a tractor trailer truck was punctured and released 15 gallons of diesel onto pavement and into a stor…
nrc report · ID 1473904
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Caller is reporting the saddle tank on a tractor trailer truck was punctured and released 15 gallons of diesel onto pavement and into a storm drain. Osro notified and en route for clean up. Caller had no further information.
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raw report — unverified: Caller is reporting a spill of diesel from the saddle tank of a tractor trailer truck due to a single vehicle accident. Caller stated the…
nrc report · ID 1473895
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Caller is reporting a spill of diesel from the saddle tank of a tractor trailer truck due to a single vehicle accident. Caller stated the spill went to gravel and to the side of the road.
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raw report — unverified: Caller states there is a tractor trailer truck that has a container (unknown size) underneath it. The caller states the container is leaking…
nrc report · ID 1473865
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Caller states there is a tractor trailer truck that has a container (unknown size) underneath it. The caller states the container is leaking what is possibly motor oil onto the ground. Caller suspects the motor oil leaked out of the truck and into the container but now the container is leaking. The only description the caller could give about the truck is that it is blue in color.
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