F/V Sea Biscuit; Near Bodega Bay, CA

Near Bodega Bay, CA | 2012-Aug-24

Initial Notification: At 1045hrs (local time), CA’s Office of Spill Prevention & Response (OSPR) contacted their NOAA SSC to request a trajectory estimate for the F/V SEA BISCUIT, which beached late last night in the surf near Bodega Bay, CA. The vessel has 150 gallons of diesel on board and a rainbow sheen was observed nearby sometime this morning. The State is considering a temporary closure of some local fisheries in the vicinity as a result of the spill and have requested a trajectory estimate on which to base their closure boundary.