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

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TABS Buoy Status
BUOY	System Health*	Latitude (N)	Longitude (W)	Lease Block	Water Depth	System Status
B	C M T	28° 58.939'	94° 53.944'	GA-252	63 ft  (19m)	In Service. Buoy redeployed 04/06/2024.
D	C M T	27° 56.376'	96° 50.574'	MA-691	60 ft  (18m)	Out of Service. Buoy recovered 09/25/2024.
F	C M T	28° 50.550'	94° 14.496'	HI-A69	79 ft  (24m)	In Service. Buoy redeployed 08/27/2023. Batteries low, data intermittent.
J	C M T	26° 11.484'	97° 3.042'	PS-1126	68 ft  (21m)	In Service. Buoy redeployed 07/24/2024. Comms failed 09/25/2024.
K	C M T	26° 13.008'	96° 29.988'	PI-745	204 ft  (62m)	Out of Service.
R	C M T	29° 38.100'	93° 38.502'	WC-055	32 ft  (10m)	In Service. Buoy redeployed 04/06/2024. Comms failed 09/23/2024.
W	C M T	28° 21.042'	96° 0.348'	BR-492	72 ft  (22m)	In Service. Buoy redeployed 07/25/2024. Comms failed 10/06/2024.
X	C M T	27° 3.960'	96° 20.298'		950 ft  (290m)	Out of Service. Buoy washed up 06/18/2024.
The stations below have been discontinued. Archived data is available for each station.
A	D	29° 31.950'	93° 48.733'	SP-018	40 ft.	Removed from service 03/25/97. Archived data is available from the buoy A database page.Data available from 08/12/1995 - 02/26/1996
C	D	28° 48.549'	94° 45.126'	GA-320	72 ft.	Removed from service 03/17/97, achived data available from the buoy C database page. Data available from 04/02/1995 - 11/29/1996.
E	D	27° 20.298'	97° 06.000'	MU-858	90 ft.	Removed from service 06/05/96. No cellular service in this region. Historical data is available on the buoy E database page. Data Is available from 6/1/95-7/20/95 and from 11/2/95 - 1/16/1996.
G	D	29° 33.985'	93° 28.096'	WC-095	41 ft.	Removed from Service 06/15/98. Historical data is available on the buoy G database page. Data is available from 03/11/1997 - 06/08/1998.
L	D	28° 02.500'	94° 07.000'	HI-A543	270 ft.	Removed from Service 10/28/98. Historical data is available on the buoy L database page. Data is available from 04/20/1997 - 10/28/1998.
M	D	28° 11.523'	94° 11.483'	HI-A515	186 ft.	Removed from Service 12/01/99. Historical data is available on the buoy M database page. Data is available from 03/02/1999 - 12/01/1999.
N	D	28° 11.523'	94° 11.483'	HI-A515	186 ft.	Removed from Service 01/04/2017. Historical data is available on the buoy N database page. Data is available from 01/23/2002 - 11/10/2016.
P	D	29° 09.972'	92° 44.191'	VR-102	66 ft.	Removed from Service 02/19/2000. Historical data is available on the buoy P database page. Data is available from 07/22/1998 - 02/19/2000.
S	D	28° 26.185'	92° 48.669'	BR-492	72 ft.	Removed from Service 07/26/2001. Historical data is available on the buoy S database page. Data is available from 02/19/1999 - 07/23/2001.
V	D	27° 53.796'	93° 35.838'	HI-A389	295 ft.	Removed from Service 04/28/2019. Historical data is available on the buoy V database page. Data is available from 04/17/2002 - 04/27/2019.
* System Health:
C M T	C = Current meter systems (current speed, direction, water temperature) are functioning normally. M = Meteorological systems (wind speed,direction, air temperature, air pressure, humidity) are functionin normally. T = Primary telemetry system (satellite or cellular) is functioning normally.
C M T	C = Current meter systems (current speed, direction, water temperature) are functioning normally with degraded data quality. M = Meteorological systems (wind speed,direction, air temperature, air pressure, humidity) are functioning normally with degraded data quality. T = Primary telemetry system (satellite or cellular) is functioning normally but with degraded performance.
C M T	C = Current meter systems (current speed, direction, water temperature) are partially functional with some loss of data. M = Meteorological systems (wind speed,direction, air temperature, air pressure, humidity) are partially functional with some loss of data. T = Primary telemetry system (satellite or cellular) is not functioning, data is returned via backup telmetry (Argos).
C M T	C = Current meter systems (current speed, direction, water temperature) not functioning, no good data returned. M = Meteorological systems (wind speed,direction, air temperature, air pressure, humidity) not functioning, no good data returned. T = Primary and backup telemetry systems (satellite or cellular) both not functioning, no data is returned in real time.
C M T	C = N/A M = N/A T = N/A
D = Discontinued.

Last Updated: Mon Nov 11 18:39:02 2024 by W. Lee