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Mystery Tar Balls, Ocean Shores, WA

Ocean Shores, WA | 2023-Jul-25

Initial Notification: On 25-JUL-2023, the USCG IMD Astoria called the NOAA SSC about a report of tar balls by a good samaritan at Ocean Shores, WA.

Incident Details
Primary threat:Other
Tags:Mystery Substance
Products of concern:non-petroleum
Latitude (approximate): 46° 56.78′ North
Longitude (approximate): 124° 8.27′ West
On-Water Recovery: Unknown/Not applicable
Shoreline Cleanup: Applied
Dispersants: Unknown/Not applicable
In-Situ Burn: Unknown/Not applicable
Bioremediation: Unknown/Not applicable