Texas General Land Office
 Texas General Land Office
 Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D.

 Oil Spill Prevention
 & Response

Texas Automated Buoy System
Real Time Ocean Observations
Supporting Oil Spill Prevention and
Response since 1995
Geochemical and Environmental Research Group
TABS Buoy X -- Texas Automated Buoy System

TABS Buoy X Conditions at 04/27/2024 14:30 UTC (04/27/2024 09:30 CDT)
27° 3.9600'N   96° 20.2980'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
RDI 75kHz ADCP-sensor depth 2m
Anemometer height: 4m
Water Depth: 950 feet (289 meters)
Speed: 43.26 cm/s (0.84 kts) Direction: 21 °T (NNE) Water Temp: 24°C (75 °F)
System Voltage: 11.9 V Signal Strength: -1.7 dB Ping Count: 134
Wind: 0.0 m/s (0.0 kts)
          From 270°T (W)
Air Temp: 25 °C (78 °F)
Relative Humidity:  87 %
Pressure: 1009.5 mb (29.81 inHg)
Waves: 0.0 m (0.0 ft) @ 0 sec
  


IMPORTANT: Notice to Mariners


Today's Velocity Data (download)

   Date   |  Time  |   East |   North|   Speed|  Dir | WaterT |
          |  (UTC) |  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)| (°T) |  (°C)  |
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04/27/2024 00:00:00     0.13     2.64     2.64    2.8   24.3
04/27/2024 00:30:00    -2.74     5.87     6.48  335.0   24.2
04/27/2024 01:00:00    -6.86     5.97     9.09  311.0   24.2
04/27/2024 01:30:00    -7.22     6.14     9.48  310.4   24.2
04/27/2024 02:00:00    -9.89     9.92    14.01  315.1   24.2
04/27/2024 02:30:00   -11.51    12.46    16.96  317.3   24.2
04/27/2024 03:00:00   -12.75    14.47    19.29  318.6   24.2
04/27/2024 03:30:00   -15.37    15.80    22.04  315.8   24.2
04/27/2024 04:00:00   -17.04    22.83    28.49  323.3   24.2
04/27/2024 04:30:00   -19.12    26.75    32.88  324.4   24.2
04/27/2024 05:00:00   -19.20    29.13    34.89  326.6   24.2
04/27/2024 05:30:00   -15.14    31.87    35.28  334.6   24.2
04/27/2024 06:00:00   -15.27    31.06    34.61  333.8   24.2
04/27/2024 06:30:00   -15.23    34.85    38.03  336.4   24.2
04/27/2024 07:00:00   -10.98    38.23    39.78  344.0   24.2
04/27/2024 07:30:00   -12.35    37.28    39.27  341.7   24.1
04/27/2024 08:00:00    -7.85    35.41    36.27  347.5   24.1
04/27/2024 08:30:00    -5.62    36.21    36.64  351.2   24.1
04/27/2024 09:00:00    -1.38    36.26    36.29  357.8   24.1
04/27/2024 09:30:00     0.32    38.49    38.49    0.5   24.1
04/27/2024 10:00:00     1.57    40.44    40.47    2.2   24.1
04/27/2024 10:30:00     3.58    42.75    42.90    4.8   24.1
04/27/2024 11:00:00     5.48    40.60    40.97    7.7   24.1
04/27/2024 11:30:00     5.69    43.06    43.43    7.5   24.1
04/27/2024 12:00:00     9.13    44.86    45.78   11.5   24.0
04/27/2024 12:30:00    10.24    42.67    43.88   13.5   24.0
04/27/2024 13:00:00    10.88    42.84    44.20   14.3   24.0
04/27/2024 13:30:00    14.23    41.71    44.07   18.8   24.0
04/27/2024 14:00:00    14.96    40.47    43.15   20.3   24.0
04/27/2024 14:30:00    15.40    40.43    43.26   20.9   24.0



       
  Today's Wave Data

   Date   |  Time  |Sig Wave Ht| Peak Period|
          |  (UTC) | (meters)  |    (sec)   |
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