Spills · mystery_substance
Off hawaii, hi
Potential Mystery Spill; Off Hawaii, Hi · NOAAORR-1187
- issued
- 2004-06-28 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2004-07-12 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2004-07-12 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 19.500, -156.068
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Potential Mystery Spill; Off Hawaii, HI. Off Hawaii, HI. 1. Sector Honolulu called to get weather and a verbal trajectory for a mystery slick (or potentially algal bloom) on the west side of the big island of Hawaii off Kailua-Kona. Mystery slick or algal bloom was reported to be approximately 8 nm offshore, 300 by 300 yards in size, and appeared to be balck oil like Bunker C subsurface. 2. THREAT: OIL. TAGS: MYSTERY SUBSTANCE. 3. POSITION 19.500N 156.068W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 1187: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/1187
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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