Mystery waxy material on Fort Lauderdale Beach; 298 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USA
298 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USA | 2020-Sep-02
Initial Notification: On September 2, 2020, the USCG Sector Miami called the NOAA SSC to report a waxy white material that had washed up on Fort Lauderdale Beach near Las Olas Blvd. It was estimated that about a mile of beach was contaminated with a small band of the material. USCG suspect it might be palm oil or something similar. They plan to SCAT the area and collect samples for possible analysis at a local laboratory. No potential source has been identified.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Other |
| Products of concern: | non petroleum oil |
| Latitude (approximate): | 26° 7.18′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 80° 6.23′ West |