Spills
Mona island, puerto rico
Mystery Oil Spill; Mona Island, Puerto Rico · NOAAORR-6594
- issued
- 1988-07-29 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1988-08-12 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1988-08-12 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 18.087, -67.889
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Oil Spill; Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Mona Island, Puerto Rico. 1. On July 29, 1988, the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO), San Juan, Puerto Rico, received a report of "heavy black oil" washing ashore on the entire south coast of Mona Island, 40 miles west of Puerto Rico. Upon further investigation, it was determined that on July 13 or 14, an oil spill of unknown origin and quantity had occurred off of the southeast coast of Mona Island, with especially heavy impacts on the Playa de Pajaros beach area. 2. COMMODITY: HEAVY BLACK OIL. 3. POSITION 18.087N 067.889W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6594: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6594
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
- Cabo engano lighthouse 18-36.80N 068-19.50W unlitNav aids · 40.2 nm
- Punta laguna light 18-08.3N 068-45.3W unlitNav aids · 49.5 nm
- Due to hurricane erin, lateral buoys removed: a. buoy 1 19-10.61N 069-16.51WNav aids · 99.2 nm
- Punta torrecilla light 18-27.86N 069-52.58W unlitNav aids · 115.5 nm
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