Huntington Beach Oil Spill 2025. It spanned nearly six nautical miles and reached as far south as san diego. On october 1, 2021, a mystery oil sheen was observed about three and a half miles off of huntington beach, california.

Coast guard on friday said it was investigating an oil sheen that appeared to be nearly 2.5 miles long and half a mile wide, off the coast of huntington beach, calif. An oil spill from a leak in an underwater pipeline reached the sands of huntington beach, forcing closures along the coastline as teams tried to contain the oil and wildlife.