Spills · adrift
Off wassaw sound, ga
Wassaw Sound Yacht Grounding; Off Wassaw Sound, Ga · NOAAORR-7984
- issued
- 2009-02-28 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-03-14 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-03-14 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 31.932, -80.963
- vessels
- YACHT GROUNDING · 19 messagesYACHT HAND GROUDED
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Wassaw Sound Yacht Grounding; Off Wassaw Sound, GA. Off Wassaw Sound, GA. 1. A 36' yacht hand grouded off Wassaw Sound GA during bad weather. Vessel had 170 gallons of gasoline. ALl persons rescued and vessel under tow back to safe harbor. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 170 GALLONS. TAGS: ADRIFT, SEARCH + RESCUE. 3. POSITION 31.932N 080.963W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7984: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7984
This area · spills & pollution incidents
104 within 180 nm since 1986 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
86
90
95
00
05
10
15
20
25
26
- 24P3+84 tybee island, ga, USA2026-05-08
- Hilton head island, broad creek, sc2025-06-09
- F/V miss jodie ashore, flagler beach, south of st augustine, florida2025-04-14
- 23 ocean dune cir, palm coast, fl 32137, USA2024-10-30
- 80-foot yacht atlantis taking on water; st2024-05-25
- Dead north atlantic right whale; floating off the coast of georgia2024-02-14
Season · when spills & pollution incidents happen here
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
month of issue, all years in the archive
Nearby now · within 120 nm
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.