Derek Fisher holds onto the shirt of Steven Botello as he tries to reach out to help and oil soaked bird that washed ashore on Tuesday at Refugio Beach Campground. A massive oil spill coated the beach and surrounding coastline. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) 
An oil soaked bird briefly makes it to shore before turning back out to the waves. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) 
Ships queue offshore of the beach, while oil platforms sit in the distance, before a clean-up effort began on Tuesday. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) 
Oil covers the cove at Refugio State Beach on May 19, 2015, after a nearby Plains All American crude oil pipeline burst. The company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit and pay $230 million to fishers, fish processors, and shoreline property residents damaged by the spill. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk photo) 
Oil washes in off the shore about a half mile from the source of the spill. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) 
A rising tide brings in more of the spill just north of Refugio Beach. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) 
A patch of sand peeks through an oil covered tide near the Refugio Campground. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) 
State Park Officials worked to clear the public from the beach as the tide rose on Tuesday afternoon, bringing an influx of oil with it. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk)
Oil covers the area after a pipeline burst on the Gaviota Coast on May 19, 2015