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 R -- Texas Automated Buoy System

TABS Buoy R Conditions at 04/18/2024 23:00 UTC (04/18/2024 18:00 CDT)
29° 38.1000'N   93° 38.5020'W
AA3900 DCS - sensor depth 2m
Water Depth: 32 feet (9 meters)
Speed: 14.94 cm/s (0.29 kts) Direction: 76 °T (ENE) Water Temp: 24°C (75 °F)
System Voltage: 0.0 V Signal Strength: 0.0 dB Ping Count: 0
  


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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
04/18/2024 00:00:00     7.23     2.24     7.57   72.8   23.2
04/18/2024 00:30:00     9.39    -2.09     9.62  102.5   23.3
04/18/2024 01:00:00    16.46    -2.68    16.68   99.2   23.3
04/18/2024 01:30:00    13.26    -2.97    13.59  102.6   23.4
04/18/2024 02:00:00    11.56     8.42    14.30   53.9   23.3
04/18/2024 02:30:00    12.29    -4.40    13.05  109.7   23.3
04/18/2024 03:00:00     7.16     3.10     7.80   66.6   23.3
04/18/2024 03:30:00    14.19    -1.63    14.28   96.6   23.4
04/18/2024 04:00:00    12.74    -4.92    13.66  111.1   23.4
04/18/2024 04:30:00    11.80   -12.20    16.97  136.0   23.5
04/18/2024 05:00:00     9.19    -9.91    13.52  137.2   23.6
04/18/2024 05:30:00     8.85    -6.83    11.18  127.7   23.6
04/18/2024 06:00:00    28.53    -8.88    29.88  107.3   23.7
04/18/2024 06:30:00    29.20   -10.82    31.14  110.3   23.8
04/18/2024 07:00:00    25.23    -6.28    26.00  104.0   23.8
04/18/2024 07:30:00    27.69    -0.52    27.69   91.1   23.8
04/18/2024 08:00:00    25.20    -0.32    25.20   90.7   23.8
04/18/2024 08:30:00    35.73     8.17    36.65   77.1   23.8
04/18/2024 09:00:00    47.37   -11.28    48.69  103.4   23.7
04/18/2024 09:30:00    42.21    -7.59    42.89  100.2   23.7
04/18/2024 10:00:00    46.04    -8.53    46.82  100.5   23.7
04/18/2024 10:30:00    14.78     7.72    16.67   62.4   23.8
04/18/2024 11:00:00    25.43   -14.64    29.34  119.9   23.8
04/18/2024 11:30:00    27.94   -10.83    29.97  111.2   23.7
04/18/2024 12:00:00    32.20    -7.51    33.06  103.1   23.8
04/18/2024 12:30:00     5.03     9.24    10.52   28.6   23.8
04/18/2024 13:00:00    32.93     9.22    34.20   74.4   23.8
04/18/2024 13:30:00    29.27   -11.91    31.60  112.1   23.9
04/18/2024 14:00:00    24.92    -6.10    25.66  103.8   23.8
04/18/2024 14:30:00    22.99   -10.39    25.23  114.3   23.8
04/18/2024 15:00:00    18.56    -4.63    19.13  104.0   23.8
04/18/2024 15:30:00    10.65    -4.05    11.39  110.8   23.8
04/18/2024 16:00:00    13.58    -1.91    13.71   98.0   23.8
04/18/2024 16:30:00    49.39   -50.48    70.62  135.6   23.7
04/18/2024 17:00:00   -28.62    63.58    69.72  335.8   23.7
04/18/2024 17:30:00   -21.83    76.80    79.84  344.1   23.8
04/18/2024 18:00:00    -5.59    69.73    69.95  355.4   23.9
04/18/2024 18:30:00   -10.12    71.52    72.23  351.9   23.9
04/18/2024 19:00:00     9.38    50.24    51.11   10.6   24.0
04/18/2024 19:30:00    10.99    39.47    40.97   15.6   24.1
04/18/2024 20:00:00    -4.47    34.92    35.20  352.7   24.1
04/18/2024 20:30:00    10.06    22.79    24.91   23.8   24.1
04/18/2024 21:00:00     6.31    35.30    35.86   10.1   24.1
04/18/2024 21:30:00     9.95    30.71    32.28   18.0   24.1
04/18/2024 22:00:00    20.98    32.00    38.26   33.2   24.0
04/18/2024 22:30:00     6.68     6.83     9.55   44.4   24.0
04/18/2024 23:00:00    14.53     3.49    14.94   76.5   24.0