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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
04/17/2026 00:30:00    -3.57    8.45    9.17   337.1    24.8
04/17/2026 01:30:00     0.19    9.83    9.83     1.1    24.7
04/17/2026 02:00:00     3.84    8.57    9.39    24.1    24.7
04/17/2026 02:30:00     0.13   10.56   10.56     0.7    24.7
04/17/2026 03:00:00    -0.51    7.51    7.53   356.1    24.6
04/17/2026 08:30:00    24.11    4.38   24.50    79.7    24.5
04/17/2026 09:00:00    22.35    8.54   23.93    69.1    24.5

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/17/2026 00:30:00    24.85   40.08   25.66    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:30:00    24.75   40.05   25.70    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:00:00    24.73   40.06   25.71    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:30:00    24.71   40.06   25.73    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:00:00    24.68   40.06   25.74    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 08:30:00    24.52   39.94   25.75    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 09:00:00    24.51   39.92   25.74    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-17 10:00Z (04-17 05:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-17 09:00Z (04-17 04:00 CDT)
F  2026-04-17 10:00Z (04-17 05:00 CDT)
J  2026-04-17 10:00Z (04-17 05:00 CDT)
R  2026-04-17 10:00Z (04-17 05:00 CDT)
W  2026-04-17 09:30Z (04-17 04:30 CDT)