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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/24/2026 00:00:00    -6.65   18.33   19.50   340.1    19.3
01/24/2026 00:30:00    -8.74   18.31   20.29   334.5    19.0
01/24/2026 01:00:00    -7.25   17.95   19.36   338.0    19.2
01/24/2026 01:30:00    -8.23   15.97   17.97   332.7    19.4
01/24/2026 02:00:00   -11.68   14.49   18.61   321.1    19.4
01/24/2026 02:30:00   -10.33   17.32   20.17   329.2    19.4
01/24/2026 03:00:00   -11.19   18.85   21.92   329.3    19.4
01/24/2026 03:30:00   -10.95   18.02   21.09   328.7    19.4
01/24/2026 04:00:00   -13.31   19.65   23.73   325.9    19.5
01/24/2026 04:30:00   -12.71   17.10   21.31   323.4    19.4
01/24/2026 05:00:00   -14.83   22.46   26.91   326.6    19.3
01/24/2026 05:30:00   -13.61   21.67   25.59   327.9    19.3
01/24/2026 06:00:00   -13.90   22.72   26.63   328.5    19.0
01/24/2026 06:30:00   -16.21   24.54   29.41   326.6    18.9
01/24/2026 07:00:00   -19.55   28.39   34.47   325.4    18.8
01/24/2026 07:30:00   -16.77   28.95   33.46   329.9    18.6
01/24/2026 08:00:00   -16.58   25.87   30.73   327.3    18.5
01/24/2026 08:30:00   -12.48   27.68   30.36   335.7    18.4
01/24/2026 09:00:00   -18.96   24.18   30.73   321.9    18.4
01/24/2026 09:30:00   -10.36   28.31   30.15   339.9    18.6
01/24/2026 10:00:00   -11.54   28.29   30.55   337.8    18.8
01/24/2026 10:30:00   -11.11   24.09   26.53   335.2    18.9
01/24/2026 11:00:00   -11.49   25.83   28.27   336.0    19.1
01/24/2026 11:30:00   -17.37   31.03   35.56   330.8    19.1
01/24/2026 13:00:00   -34.03    0.59   34.04   271.0    18.6
01/24/2026 13:30:00   -36.91   -1.48   36.94   267.7    18.6
01/24/2026 14:00:00   -37.42    2.28   37.49   273.5    18.8
01/24/2026 14:30:00   -41.41   -3.79   41.58   264.8    18.8
01/24/2026 15:00:00   -43.84    6.75   44.36   278.8    18.7
01/24/2026 15:30:00   -39.79    2.96   39.90   274.3    18.7
01/24/2026 16:00:00   -38.88    2.61   38.97   273.8    18.7
01/24/2026 16:30:00   -39.85    5.13   40.18   277.3    18.6
01/24/2026 17:00:00   -38.26   10.27   39.61   285.0    18.6
01/24/2026 17:30:00   -37.04    8.36   37.97   282.7    18.5
01/24/2026 18:00:00   -42.25   12.85   44.16   286.9    18.5
01/24/2026 18:30:00   -41.76   13.51   43.89   287.9    18.4
01/24/2026 19:00:00   -41.98   14.57   44.44   289.1    18.4
01/24/2026 19:30:00   -37.72   18.53   42.03   296.2    18.3
01/24/2026 20:00:00   -38.64   11.51   40.32   286.6    18.2
01/24/2026 20:30:00   -35.80   12.46   37.91   289.2    18.2
01/24/2026 21:00:00   -41.83   15.95   44.77   290.9    18.2
01/24/2026 21:30:00   -41.59   19.50   45.93   295.1    18.3
01/24/2026 22:00:00   -42.86   15.44   45.56   289.8    18.2

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/24/2026 00:00:00    19.31   42.19   30.84    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 00:30:00    19.06   42.14   31.00    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 01:00:00    19.15   41.94   30.77    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 01:30:00    19.44   42.41   30.94    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 02:00:00    19.43   42.40   30.93    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 02:30:00    19.47   42.48   30.97    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 03:00:00    19.43   42.48   31.00    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 03:30:00    19.43   42.52   31.03    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 04:00:00    19.50   42.60   31.04    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 04:30:00    19.43   42.53   31.04    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 05:00:00    19.33   42.41   31.02    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 05:30:00    19.33   42.57   31.14    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 06:00:00    18.97   42.04   30.98    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 06:30:00    18.90   41.92   30.94    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 07:00:00    18.83   41.79   30.88    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 07:30:00    18.59   41.40   30.73    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 08:00:00    18.51   41.32   30.73    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 08:30:00    18.40   41.21   30.72    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 09:00:00    18.40   41.22   30.72    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 09:30:00    18.63   41.52   30.81    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 10:00:00    18.81   41.78   30.89    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 10:30:00    18.90   41.89   30.91    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 11:00:00    19.05   42.21   31.06    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 11:30:00    19.12   42.23   31.02    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 13:00:00    18.63   41.50   30.79    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 13:30:00    18.68   41.59   30.82    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 14:00:00    18.84   41.81   30.89    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 14:30:00    18.85   41.87   30.93    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 15:00:00    18.74   41.70   30.87    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 15:30:00    18.70   41.62   30.84    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 16:00:00    18.69   41.58   30.81    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 16:30:00    18.63   41.49   30.78    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 17:00:00    18.57   41.39   30.74    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 17:30:00    18.55   41.33   30.71    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 18:00:00    18.49   41.29   30.71    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 18:30:00    18.45   41.22   30.69    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 19:00:00    18.41   41.14   30.65    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 19:30:00    18.32   40.96   30.57    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 20:00:00    18.23   40.87   30.56    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 20:30:00    18.21   40.82   30.54    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 21:00:00    18.26   40.93   30.59    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 21:30:00    18.33   41.05   30.64    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 22:00:00    18.23   40.91   30.60    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-24 22:00Z (01-24 16:00 CST)
F  2026-01-24 23:00Z (01-24 17:00 CST)
J  2026-01-24 20:30Z (01-24 14:30 CST)
R  2026-01-24 20:00Z (01-24 14:00 CST)
W  2026-01-24 22:30Z (01-24 16:30 CST)