Spills · oil
Off timbalier island
Mystery Sheen; Off Timbalier Island · NOAAORR-8077
- issued
- 2009-08-15 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2009-08-29 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2009-08-29 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 28.915, -90.487
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Mystery Sheen; Off Timbalier Island. Off Timbalier Island. 1. On August 15th, 2009, USCG MSU Morgan City contacted the SSC regarding a sheen 150 yards by 150 yards rainbow in color at 28°54’53” N Lat. 090°29’13” W Long which is approxiately 9nm off Timbalier Island. 2. THREAT: OIL. 3. POSITION 28.915N 090.487W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8077: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8077
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Crude oil spill and in-situ burn at tpic; south pass 24, pilottown, louisiana2026-08-26
- Intermittent oil sheen; flower garden banks national marine sanctuary, bright bank2026-08-25
- 8X38+5H dauphin island, al, USA2026-08-24
- Mystery sheen at south pass 29; port eads, louisiana2026-08-13
- Mystery oiled shoreline at holly beach; cameron parish, louisiana2026-07-10
- Johnson bayou, la2026-06-17
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Timeline · 11 messages since 2009-07-09 · closed 2009-11-30
- Off timbalier island, la2009-07-09 → 2009-07-23
- On sunday afternoon, 26 july 2009, noaa was notified of an oil spill 33 miles offshore and 60 miles…2009-07-26 → 2009-08-09
- Off timbalier island this message2009-08-15 → 2009-08-29
- Sheen; grand isle block 932009-08-25 → 2009-09-08
- Gulf of mexico, la2009-09-12 → 2009-09-26
- Mystery sheen; grande isle block 37, la2009-09-22 → 2009-10-06
- Reported sheen, s timbalier block 52; gulf of mexico, off louisiana coast2009-09-26 → 2009-10-10
- Mystery spill ship shoal block 118 ; gulf of mexico2009-10-01 → 2009-10-15
- Near lake pelto, la2009-10-09 → 2009-10-23
- Loop buoy #3; offshore louisiana2009-11-05 → 2009-11-19
- Ship shoal area, la2009-11-16 → 2009-11-30
joined by proximity
Nearby now · within 120 nm
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- Uscg remote communication facility new orleans 29-53.00N 089-57.00W mf and hf dsc off airNav aids · 64.6 nm
- Survey operations in progress until 15 sep by M/V island pride, M/V sanco swift and M/V olympic artemis in…Surveys · 105.3 nm
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