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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/31/2026 00:00:00     3.12   -3.22    4.48   135.9    15.3
01/31/2026 00:30:00     2.53   -2.04    3.25   128.9    15.2
01/31/2026 01:00:00     3.66   -1.48    3.95   112.0    15.2
01/31/2026 01:30:00     0.89   -3.42    3.53   165.4    15.2
01/31/2026 02:00:00     2.41   -2.22    3.28   132.7    15.2
01/31/2026 02:30:00    -0.01    1.65    1.65   359.7    15.2
01/31/2026 03:00:00    -0.65   -3.18    3.25   191.6    15.2
01/31/2026 03:30:00    -1.29    0.27    1.32   281.8    15.1
01/31/2026 04:00:00    -0.49   -2.40    2.45   191.5    15.1
01/31/2026 04:30:00    -1.72    6.96    7.17   346.1    15.1
01/31/2026 05:00:00    -2.08    1.89    2.81   312.3    15.1
01/31/2026 05:30:00    -0.60    3.26    3.31   349.6    15.1
01/31/2026 06:00:00    -3.19    3.15    4.48   314.6    15.1
01/31/2026 06:30:00    -2.03    4.72    5.14   336.7    15.1
01/31/2026 07:00:00    -6.76    2.47    7.20   290.1    15.1
01/31/2026 07:30:00    -7.85    0.40    7.86   272.9    15.1
01/31/2026 08:00:00    -7.67    3.97    8.64   297.4    15.1
01/31/2026 08:30:00    -2.51    6.49    6.96   338.9    15.1
01/31/2026 09:00:00    -0.41    7.05    7.06   356.7    15.1
01/31/2026 09:30:00    -1.78    5.79    6.06   342.9    15.1
01/31/2026 10:00:00    -4.59    5.10    6.86   318.0    15.0

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/31/2026 00:00:00    15.30   37.99   30.31    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 00:30:00    15.27   37.97   30.31    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 01:00:00    15.25   37.94   30.30    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 01:30:00    15.23   37.92   30.30    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 02:00:00    15.21   37.90   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 02:30:00    15.19   37.89   30.30    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 03:00:00    15.18   37.87   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 03:30:00    15.18   37.87   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 04:00:00    15.17   37.85   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 04:30:00    15.16   37.85   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 05:00:00    15.15   37.85   30.30    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 05:30:00    15.16   37.86   30.30    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 06:00:00    15.16   37.85   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 06:30:00    15.16   37.85   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 07:00:00    15.13   37.86   30.32    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 07:30:00    15.10   37.80   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 08:00:00    15.10   37.80   30.29    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 08:30:00    15.12   37.84   30.31    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 09:00:00    15.09   37.83   30.33    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 09:30:00    15.11   37.83   30.31    0.00    0.00
01/31/2026 10:00:00    15.05   37.76   30.30    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-31 09:30Z (01-31 03:30 CST)
F  2026-01-31 09:30Z (01-31 03:30 CST)
J  2026-01-31 09:30Z (01-31 03:30 CST)
R  2026-01-31 08:30Z (01-31 02:30 CST)
W  2026-01-31 09:00Z (01-31 03:00 CST)