A spill of at least 100 gallons of diesel fuel discovered Saturday about 10 nautical miles southwest of Point Loma is unrecoverable and will dissipate, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday.
The spilled fuel created a slick about three miles long, said Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray, a spokesman for the Coast Guard Sector San Diego. The Coast Guard on Sunday was not aware of who was responsible for the spill or when the fuel was spilled into the ocean. A Coast Guard helicopter flew over the area between noon and 1 p.m. Saturday after getting reports that a slick had been seen, Gray said.
Two Navy officials told the Union-Tribune Sunday the service was unaware of any spills involving U.S. Navy vessels.
On Saturday, a San Diego-based whale sightseeing tour operator shared on his popular Instagram account a video of dolphins swimming through what he described as an oil slick. According to the post on Dominic Biagini’s “dolphindronedom” account, a whale watching ship encountered a 50-mile-long oil slick near San Clemente Island, some 70 miles from San Diego — a significant distance from where the Coast Guard said it spotted fuel in the water.
Gray said the Coast Guard was unaware of a second slick.
Biagini did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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