Deepwater Horizon Trajectory Maps: By Date

On this page, you can view or download the trajectory maps produced by NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) during the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. These maps are grouped by date. All of the trajectory maps are provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) files, ranging in size from 200 KB to 10 MB; however, most are 2-3 MB.

Interpreting the Maps: A Legend [opens in new tab] is provided to explain the different types of trajectory maps produced during this spill. The map types are more fully described on the Trajectory Map Background page. Also available on that page are publications we created to help you understand and interpret the oil trajectory maps.

April 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20 Spill begins	21 Trajectory mapping for the Command Post begins	22	23	24
25	26 Cumulative: 04/22-04/26	27	28 Cumulative: 04/25-04/28	29 Cumulative: 04/25-04/29	30 Cumulative: 04/26-04/30 N-Sh 24-hr 2100

May 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 Cumulative: 04/27-05/01 N-Sh 24-hr 1600
2 Cumulative: 04/28-05/02 N-Sh 24-hr 1200	3 Cumulative: 04/29-05/03 N-Sh 24-hr 1130 N-Sh 24-hr 2300 N-Sh 48-hr 2300 N-Sh 72-hr 2300	4 Cumulative: 04/30-05/04 N-Sh 24-hr 1200 N-Sh 48-hr 1200 N-Sh 72-hr 1200 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	5 Cumulative: 05/01-05/05 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	6 Cumulative: 05/02-05/06 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	7 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	8 N-Sh 24-hr 1200 N-Sh 48-hr 1200 N-Sh 72-hr 1200 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
9 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	10 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 1700 N-Sh 48-hr 1700 N-Sh 72-hr 1700	11 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	12 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	13 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	14 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	15 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
16 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	17 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	18 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100 O-Sh 48-hr 2100	19 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 O-Sh 24-hr 1800 O-Sh 48-hr 1800 O-Sh 72-hr 1800 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	20 N-Sh 24-hr 1300 N-Sh 48-hr 1300 N-Sh 72-hr 1300 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900	21 N-Sh 24-hr 1900 N-Sh 48-hr 1900 N-Sh 72-hr 1900 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900	22 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100 O-Sh 24-hr 2100 O-Sh 48-hr 2100 O-Sh 72-hr 2100
23 O-Sh 24-hr 1700 O-Sh 48-hr 1700 O-Sh 72-hr 1700 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	24 O-Sh 24-hr 1600 O-Sh 48-hr 1600 O-Sh 72-hr 1600 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000	25 O-Sh 24-hr 1600 O-Sh 48-hr 1600 O-Sh 72-hr 1600 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	26 O-Sh 24-hr 1800 O-Sh 48-hr 1800 O-Sh 72-hr 1800 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	27 O-Sh 24-hr 1800 O-Sh 48-hr 1800 O-Sh 72-hr 1800 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	28 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	29 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
30 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	31 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100

June 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	2 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	3 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	4 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	5 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
6 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	7 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	8 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	9 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	10 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	11 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	12 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
13 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	14 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	15 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	16 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	17 O-Sh 24-hr 1900 O-Sh 48-hr 1900 O-Sh 72-hr 1900 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	18 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	19 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
20 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	21 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	22 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	23 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	24 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	25 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	26 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
27 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	28 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	29 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	30 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100

July 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	2 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	3 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
4 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	5 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	6 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	7 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	8 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	9 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	10 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100
11 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	12 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	13 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	14 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100	15 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100 Loop Current	16 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100 Loop Current	17 N-Sh 24-hr 1900 N-Sh 48-hr 1900 N-Sh 72-hr 1900 Loop Current
18 N-Sh 24-hr 1900 N-Sh 48-hr 1900 N-Sh 72-hr 1900 Loop Current	19 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100 Loop Current	20 N-Sh 24-hr 2100 N-Sh 48-hr 2100 N-Sh 72-hr 2100 Loop Current	21 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	22 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	23 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	24 N-Sh 24-hr 1900 N-Sh 48-hr 1900 N-Sh 72-hr 1900 Loop Current
25 N-Sh 24-hr 1900 N-Sh 48-hr 1900 N-Sh 72-hr 1900 Loop Current	26 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	27 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	28 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	29 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	30 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	31 N-Sh 24-hr 1900 N-Sh 48-hr 1900 N-Sh 72-hr 1900 Loop Current

August 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1 N-Sh 24-hr 1900 N-Sh 48-hr 1900 N-Sh 72-hr 1900 Loop Current	2 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	3 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	4 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	5 N-Sh 24-hr 2000 N-Sh 48-hr 2000 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	6 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	7 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current
8 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	9 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	10 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	11 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	12 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	13 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	14 none
15 none	16 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	17 Loop Current	18 N-Sh 72-hr 2000 Loop Current	19 Loop Current	20 N-Sh 72-hr 1800 Loop Current	21 Loop Current
22 Loop Current	23 N-Sh 72-hr 1800 Loop Current	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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