Spills · oil
Manasquan inlet, nj
Black Oil Patch; Manasquan Inlet, Nj · NOAAORR-8277
- issued
- 2010-12-10 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 2010-12-24 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 2010-12-24 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 40.087, -73.981
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Black Oil Patch; Manasquan Inlet, NJ. Manasquan Inlet, NJ. 1. On December 10, 2010, at 1310 EST USCG Sector Delaware Bay reported a patch of black oil sighted approximately 2.5 miles off of Manasaquan Inlet, NJ, at 40 05.24N, 073 58.89W. USCG overflight reported lat, long of cornerpoints and requested trajectory. 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: OIL. 3. POSITION 40.087N 073.981W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8277: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8277
This area · spills & pollution incidents
595 within 180 nm since 1972 · 10 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now
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Nearby now · within 120 nm
Nothing else in force within 120 nm.
Worldwide now
8 spills & pollution incidents in force · see all
Spills
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