"Table 3. Location and description of oil residue samples collected by ROV, water samples, ROV observations, and towed video observations 2008-2010." [ROV note: locations are within a 30 meter diameter circle around the ship location] Location Latitude N Longitude W Date Depth m Sample type Dive no. Description 2008 COP tarmound 1 sample 1 34.39177 -119.84740 3 17 08 49 asphalt dive 1 "COP tarmound ~ 3-4 small <0.5 m diameter, 0.25m high tar mound. Claw grabbed top for sample." COP tarmound 1 sample 2 34.39255 -119.84740 3 17 08 49 asphalt dive 3 "COP tarmound fresh tar on ~ small <0.5 m diameter, 0.25m high with gas bubbles from summit" COP tarmound 1 gas sample 1 34.39255 -119.84740 3 17 08 49 gas dive 5 Gas sample 1 40ml from asphalt mound. COP tarmound 1 gas sample 2 34.39255 -119.84740 3 17 08 49 gas dive 6 Gas sample 2 60ml from asphalt mound. COP tarmound east sample 3 34.39098 -119.84135 3 17 08 50 asphalt dive 10 "COP tarmound east asphalt from small volcano 0.25m diameter in asphalt mound, not colonized." COP tarmound west sample 4 34.39450 -119.86650 3 17 08 49 asphalt dive 11 COP tarmound west area older well covered asphalt mound indicating older mound. Holoil seep gas sample 34.40860 -119.90790 3 18 08 26 gas dive 6 Gas sample from small vents in sand alinged ~E-W. Pline seep 34.40168 -119.88330 3 18 08 21 gas dive 11 Gas sample from copious seep. Seeps are mainly inline. Pline seep gas 34.40168 -119.88330 3 18 08 21 oil on sorbant Seep oil from on surface collected onto sorbant. Trilogy seep 34.39370 -119.87850 3 18 08 53 oil on sorbant Seep oil from on surface collected onto sorbant. Gas Trilogy seep 34.39370 -119.87850 3 18 08 53 gas dive 15 Gas from mixed vents taken ~5 feet above seafloor. Trilogy seep 34.39370 -119.87850 3 18 08 53 oil on sorbant Seep oil from on surface collected onto sorbant during transect for GC testing. 2009 Pline Seep 34.40192 -119.88327 6 16 09 22 sandy tar dive 1 Gas vents found in sand with some asphalt. Trilogy Seep 34.39350 -119.87930 6 16 09 49 sandy asphalt dive 2 "Mainly bubbles, collected very small chunk of sandy oil residue from area near a larger gas vent." Gaviota 1 34.44158 -120.26088 6 17 09 57 asphalt mound dive 3 Solitary asphalt mound ~20m diameter intermittant gas release. Gaviota 2 34.44064 -120.27002 6 17 09 59 asphalt mound dive 4 Soiltary tar mound ~5m diameter. Gaviota 5 34.44023 -120.27643 6 17 09 58 asphalt mound dive 5 3 coalesing asphalt mounds ~5m diameter some gas release at bottom. Gaviota 4 34.44021 -120.28021 6 17 09 45 asphalt mound dive 6 Large ~20m diameter asphalt mound with some colonization; sampled center area; some local gas seepage. Naples 1 34.41002 -119.98423 6 17 09 65 asphalt mound dive 7 "Small asphalt mound, sample from center, two grabs. Redish flock around tar mound - bacteria?" Point Conception 4 34.43289 -120.45236 6 18 09 50 asphalt mound dive 8 Ropey-textured tar mound. Point Conception 5 34.45000 -120.48967 6 18 09 37 asphalt whip dive 9 3 tar whips extruding from asphalt vent. Cojo 1 34.43174 -120.42530 6 18 09 42 asphalt mound dive 10 "Small asphalt mounds with spires colonized by sea life, egg casings, rock fish." La Goleta Seeps 1 34.37510 -119.85320 6 19 09 65 oily sediment dive 11 "Oily sediment near very active gas seepage, some rockfish, sea cucumber, Oil dropletes seen rising with gas." Gas La Goleta Seeps 2 34.37510 -119.85320 6 19 09 65 gas dive 14 Gas sample from single vent. Gas Patch Seeps1 34.36420 -119.82980 6 19 09 79 gas dive 15 Gas sample from single vent. COP tarmound 1 34.39192 -119.84578 6 19 09 47 asphalt mound dive 16 "One large asphalt mound, not colonized, one single stream gas vent, ropey texture." 2010 Santa Barbara Point 1 34.39170 -119.68465 6 21 10 20 unknown dive 1 "No samples, no obvious asphalt, may have been some very weathered asphalt under sediment." Carpenteria 4 34.34542 -119.61142 6 21 10 48 rock dive 2 Beautiful rocky outcrop covered with invertebrates and fish. Carpenteria 5 34.34720 -119.61959 6 21 10 48 rock dive 3 Beautiful rocky outcrop covered with invertebrates and fish. Cojo 2 sample 1 34.43268 -120.43802 6 22 10 48 asphalt mound dive 4 Multiple tar vents on 2m high asphalt accumulation sample 1 and 2. Cojo 2 sample 2 34.43268 -120.43734 6 22 10 49 asphalt mound dive 5 Multiple tar vents on 2m high asphalt accumulation sample 1 and 2. Cojo 3 34.43558 -120.41910 6 22 10 34 asphalt mound dive 5 Multiple tar vents on 2m high asphalt accumulation. Trilogy Seep 34.39351 -119.87831 6 23 10 49 gas and small aspahlt mound dives 6-10 Multiple dive to release flourocene dye and measure water advective rates; measured 20 to 40 cm/min. Goleta Pier 1 34.39973 -119.82477 6 23 10 38 asphalt mound dive 11 "Low asphalt mounds, found 1 active vent." Santa Barbara Point 2 34.36980 -119.78412 6 23 10 75 old asphalt mounds dive 12 3m high old asphalt mounds covered with gorgonia and other invertebrates and many fishes. Surface operations Surface oil slick 34.42754 -120.38053 6 22 10 38 surface oil slick sighting "Surface oil slick, over 250 m long also seen in previous years, near old well heads. Atmospheric methane increase." Niskin 1 34.38256 -119.88992 6 19 10 80 water samples "Upcurrent seep tent 80m water depth, water samples at 75, 40, and 10 m deep." Niskin 2 34.38374 -119.88983 6 19 10 68 water samples "Water samples in seep tent bubble plume 68m deep, samples at 60, 40, and 7 m water depth." Niskin 3 34.38509 -119.89016 6 19 10 65 water samples "Downcurrent from seep tent bubble 65 m deep, samples at 60, 40, and 5 m water depth." Niskin 4 34.39378 -119.87878 6 19 10 50 water samples "Water samples in trilogy seep plume water depth 50m water samples at 45, 20 and 5 m water depth." Niskin 5 34.37500 -119.85337 6 19 10 65 water samples "Water samples in La Goleta plume, water depth 65m, water samples at 60m 40 m, and water depth.." Picarro methane sensor Picarro methane sensor run contiuously on June 22 and 23. USGS Towed video sightings of seafloor oil residues or gas seepage Naples 34.41016 -119.98330 7 10 07 67 Extruding asphalt recorded by video. Naples 34.41015 -119.98256 7 10 07 67 Extruding asphalt recorded by video. Santa Barbara Point 34.36564 -119.77129 10 1 08 73 Gas bubbles venting from a 2m deep depression within an area of pervasive joint fracture patterns; several vents.