Spills · oil

P/v runaway grounded on coral reef; southwest of culebra, puerto rico

NOAAORR-10899

issued
2025-01-10 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2025-01-24 00:00Z
self-cancels
2025-01-24 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
18.288, -65.296
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

P/V Runaway Grounded on Coral Reef; Southwest of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
Playa Sardinas II, Culebra, Puerto Rico.
1. On December 30, 2024, the 78.5 foot fiberglass passenger vessel (approx 75 gross tons) grounded on a coral reef SW of Culebra. The vessel has 160 gallons of diesel fuel on board and 20 gallons of lube oil. On January 10, 2025, the USCG hosted an incident specific call to brief the situation and plans going forward. Present on the call with Sector San Juan were USFWS, NOAA SSC, NOAA Restoration Center representative and Puerto Rico DNER. The RP's plan is to have all fuel removed today beginning at noon and refloat the vessel on Sunday, Jan 12th and take it to BVI for repairs.
2. THREAT: OIL.
3. POSITION 18.288N 065.296W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 10899: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/10899

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