Mystery Spill; Off Lopez Point, CA
Off Lopez Point, CA | 2003-Nov-19
Initial Notification: At 1100 PST on November 19, 2003, a US Coast Guard patrol boat report was received of a dark-colored slick 3nm by 10nm, two miles off Lopez Point, CA. A subsequent flight by CG helo at 1300hrs located the oil about 15nm north of Pt Lopez, and about 15nm north of the originally reported position. The oil was described as breaking up into smaller pieces and large tarballs, with associated sheening.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Oil |
| Tags: | Mystery Substance |
| Latitude (approximate): | 36° 11.60′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 121° 52.02′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Evaluated but not used |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |