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

Current Velocity Data

   Date   |  Time  |  East  |   North|   Speed|Dir to| WaterT |
          |  (UTC) | (cm/s) |  (cm/s)|  (cm/s)| (°T) |  (°C)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
10/17/2026 00:00:00   -17.85  -32.51   37.09   208.8    28.0
10/17/2026 00:30:00   -11.27  -29.13   31.23   201.2    28.1
10/17/2026 01:00:00   -20.46  -28.10   34.76   216.1    28.0
10/17/2026 01:30:00   -21.17  -25.32   33.00   219.9    28.0
10/17/2026 02:00:00   -19.81  -30.98   36.77   212.6    27.9
10/17/2026 02:30:00   -30.66  -18.55   35.83   238.8    27.8
10/17/2026 03:00:00   -20.28  -22.72   30.45   221.8    27.8
10/17/2026 03:30:00   -24.05  -25.98   35.40   222.8    27.8
10/17/2026 04:00:00   -24.97  -19.49   31.68   232.0    27.8
10/17/2026 04:30:00   -30.23  -12.33   32.65   247.8    27.8
10/17/2026 05:00:00   -29.99  -22.51   37.50   233.1    27.7
10/17/2026 05:30:00   -28.85  -13.13   31.70   245.5    27.7
10/17/2026 06:00:00   -34.91   -5.42   35.33   261.2    27.6
10/17/2026 06:30:00   -30.08   -8.90   31.37   253.5    27.6
10/17/2026 07:00:00   -31.14  -13.16   33.81   247.1    27.6
10/17/2026 07:30:00   -32.34   -7.51   33.20   256.9    27.6
10/17/2026 08:00:00   -32.30   -5.03   32.69   261.1    27.5
10/17/2026 08:30:00   -35.21   -6.92   35.88   258.9    27.5
10/17/2026 09:00:00   -37.95   -1.69   37.99   267.5    27.5
10/17/2026 09:30:00   -42.93    1.51   42.96   272.0    27.5
10/17/2026 10:00:00   -40.27   -2.91   40.38   265.9    27.4
10/17/2026 10:30:00   -39.77    3.70   39.94   275.3    27.4
10/17/2026 11:00:00   -40.68   -4.93   40.98   263.1    27.4
10/17/2026 11:30:00   -44.00    8.49   44.81   280.9    27.3
10/17/2026 12:00:00   -43.43    9.42   44.44   282.2    27.3
10/17/2026 12:30:00   -44.11   -1.38   44.13   268.2    27.2
10/17/2026 13:00:00   -49.39    3.20   49.49   273.7    27.2
10/17/2026 13:30:00   -42.41   -5.21   42.73   263.0    27.2
10/17/2026 14:00:00   -44.08    5.26   44.39   276.8    27.1
10/17/2026 14:30:00   -46.46    2.57   46.53   273.2    27.0
10/17/2026 15:00:00   -46.44  -15.77   49.04   251.2    27.0
10/17/2026 15:30:00   -25.97   -9.06   27.50   250.8    27.0
10/17/2026 16:00:00   -40.80   -9.68   41.93   256.7    26.9
10/17/2026 16:30:00   -33.11  -16.93   37.19   242.9    26.9
10/17/2026 17:00:00    16.82  -17.05   23.95   135.4    26.9

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
10/17/2026 00:00:00    27.85    5.44   33.84    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 00:30:00    27.91    5.49   34.16    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 01:00:00    27.83    5.46   33.99    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 01:30:00    27.80    5.48   34.11    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 02:00:00    27.71    5.42   33.76    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 02:30:00    27.59    5.38   33.58    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 03:00:00    27.65    5.39   33.65    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 03:30:00    27.62    5.40   33.68    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 04:00:00    27.60    5.39   33.69    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 04:30:00    27.61    5.41   33.78    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 05:00:00    27.51    5.37   33.61    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 05:30:00    27.50    5.37   33.57    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 06:00:00    27.48    5.38   33.65    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 06:30:00    27.46    5.37   33.65    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 07:00:00    27.44    5.39   33.79    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 07:30:00    27.41    5.39   33.79    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 08:00:00    27.36    5.38   33.76    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 08:30:00    27.34    5.37   33.68    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 09:00:00    27.30    5.37   33.72    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 09:30:00    27.29    5.37   33.74    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 10:00:00    27.24    5.37   33.78    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 10:30:00    27.24    5.37   33.79    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 11:00:00    27.17    5.36   33.75    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 11:30:00    27.16    5.36   33.73    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 12:00:00    27.11    5.34   33.67    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 12:30:00    27.04    5.32   33.55    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 13:00:00    27.00    5.31   33.55    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 13:30:00    27.00    5.31   33.53    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 14:00:00    26.93    5.29   33.45    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 14:30:00    26.86    5.28   33.43    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 15:00:00    26.81    5.24   33.15    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 15:30:00    26.80    5.23   33.11    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 16:00:00    26.78    5.22   33.05    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 16:30:00    26.78    5.22   33.01    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 17:00:00    26.77    5.21   32.97    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
D  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
F  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
J  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
R  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
W  2026-10-17 17:00Z (10-17 12:00 CDT)
X  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)