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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/04/2026 00:00:00    13.83   12.36   18.55    48.2    20.2
01/04/2026 00:30:00    13.72   12.37   18.47    48.0    20.2
01/04/2026 01:00:00    15.70    7.40   17.36    64.8    20.3
01/04/2026 01:30:00    15.48    0.30   15.48    88.9    20.4
01/04/2026 02:00:00    14.64   -0.06   14.64    90.2    20.5
01/04/2026 02:30:00     8.13    1.63    8.29    78.7    20.6
01/04/2026 03:00:00     7.67   11.50   13.82    33.7    20.4
01/04/2026 03:30:00     5.14   11.73   12.81    23.7    20.4
01/04/2026 04:00:00     3.97   11.05   11.74    19.8    20.3
01/04/2026 04:30:00    10.18    4.72   11.22    65.1    20.2
01/04/2026 05:00:00     5.39   -0.67    5.43    97.1    20.2
01/04/2026 05:30:00     4.79    0.06    4.79    89.3    20.3
01/04/2026 06:00:00     7.40   -3.30    8.10   114.0    20.3
01/04/2026 06:30:00     6.48   -0.89    6.54    97.8    20.3
01/04/2026 07:00:00     1.98    0.94    2.19    64.6    20.3
01/04/2026 07:30:00     2.40   -0.75    2.51   107.4    20.3
01/04/2026 08:00:00    -3.09   -2.74    4.13   228.4    20.4
01/04/2026 08:30:00    -2.56    1.06    2.77   292.5    20.4
01/04/2026 09:00:00    -5.39   -2.76    6.06   242.9    20.4
01/04/2026 09:30:00     0.42   -2.43    2.47   170.2    20.5
01/04/2026 10:00:00    -2.34   -1.59    2.83   235.8    20.5
01/04/2026 10:30:00    -1.52   -2.26    2.72   213.9    20.6
01/04/2026 11:00:00    -5.30   -4.49    6.95   229.7    20.7
01/04/2026 11:30:00    -3.85    1.58    4.16   292.3    20.7
01/04/2026 12:00:00    -4.36   -0.08    4.36   268.9    20.7
01/04/2026 12:30:00    -2.31    2.07    3.10   311.9    20.8
01/04/2026 13:00:00    -4.70   -4.03    6.19   229.4    20.8
01/04/2026 13:30:00    -1.29    3.62    3.84   340.4    20.8
01/04/2026 14:00:00    -5.20    0.48    5.22   275.3    20.8
01/04/2026 14:30:00    -6.44    3.54    7.35   298.8    20.8
01/04/2026 15:00:00    -8.89    3.54    9.57   291.7    20.7
01/04/2026 15:30:00    -6.71    5.62    8.75   309.9    20.7
01/04/2026 16:00:00    -7.33    2.46    7.73   288.6    20.7
01/04/2026 16:30:00    -6.90    6.52    9.49   313.4    20.7
01/04/2026 17:00:00    -7.21    6.06    9.42   310.0    20.7
01/04/2026 17:30:00    -8.41    3.70    9.19   293.7    20.6
01/04/2026 18:00:00    -8.96    7.23   11.51   308.9    20.6
01/04/2026 18:30:00   -10.28    8.27   13.19   308.8    20.6
01/04/2026 19:00:00   -13.02    5.74   14.23   293.8    20.6
01/04/2026 19:30:00   -12.39    7.59   14.53   301.5    20.6
01/04/2026 20:00:00   -11.97    7.84   14.31   303.2    20.7
01/04/2026 20:30:00   -15.03    5.60   16.04   290.4    20.7
01/04/2026 21:00:00   -12.13    3.70   12.68   287.0    20.7
01/04/2026 21:30:00   -16.06    7.01   17.52   293.6    20.6
01/04/2026 22:00:00   -12.11    3.04   12.49   284.1    20.6

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/04/2026 00:00:00    20.04   40.87   29.27    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 00:30:00    20.27   41.31   29.45    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 01:00:00    20.34   41.30   29.40    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 01:30:00    20.47   41.59   29.54    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 02:00:00    20.55   41.82   29.66    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 02:30:00    20.60   41.94   29.72    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 03:00:00    20.47   41.79   29.70    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 03:30:00    20.41   41.67   29.65    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 04:00:00    20.30   41.53   29.61    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 04:30:00    20.28   41.56   29.64    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 05:00:00    20.26   41.51   29.62    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 05:30:00    20.29   41.63   29.70    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 06:00:00    20.31   41.65   29.70    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 06:30:00    20.30   41.67   29.72    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 07:00:00    20.31   41.75   29.77    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 07:30:00    20.36   41.88   29.84    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 08:00:00    20.39   41.92   29.86    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 08:30:00    20.45   42.11   29.97    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 09:00:00    20.47   42.15   29.98    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 09:30:00    20.53   42.27   30.04    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 10:00:00    20.55   42.33   30.07    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 10:30:00    20.61   42.44   30.11    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 11:00:00    20.71   42.62   30.18    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 11:30:00    20.72   42.66   30.21    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 12:00:00    20.72   42.73   30.26    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 12:30:00    20.80   42.82   30.28    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 13:00:00    20.78   42.84   30.30    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 13:30:00    20.77   42.82   30.30    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 14:00:00    20.77   42.79   30.28    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 14:30:00    20.79   42.80   30.27    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 15:00:00    20.76   42.80   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 15:30:00    20.74   42.76   30.28    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 16:00:00    20.73   42.72   30.25    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 16:30:00    20.73   42.72   30.25    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 17:00:00    20.70   42.65   30.21    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 17:30:00    20.66   42.55   30.16    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 18:00:00    20.64   42.48   30.12    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 18:30:00    20.61   42.36   30.05    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 19:00:00    20.67   42.39   30.03    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 19:30:00    20.67   42.40   30.03    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 20:00:00    20.68   42.37   30.00    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 20:30:00    20.68   42.35   29.99    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 21:00:00    20.68   42.34   29.98    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 21:30:00    20.67   42.27   29.94    0.00    0.00
01/04/2026 22:00:00    20.63   42.20   29.90    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-04 22:00Z (01-04 16:00 CST)
F  2026-01-04 23:00Z (01-04 17:00 CST)
J  2026-01-03 19:30Z (01-03 13:30 CST)
R  2026-01-04 23:00Z (01-04 17:00 CST)
W  2026-01-04 22:30Z (01-04 16:30 CST)