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 00:00:00    -3.97   -1.64    4.30   247.6    23.9
04/17/2026 00:30:00    -4.49    1.24    4.66   285.4    23.9
04/17/2026 01:00:00    -2.47   -1.72    3.01   235.1    23.8
04/17/2026 01:30:00    -1.58   -0.01    1.58   269.6    23.8
04/17/2026 02:00:00    -5.38   -5.69    7.83   223.4    23.8
04/17/2026 02:30:00    -3.74   -4.99    6.24   216.9    23.8
04/17/2026 03:00:00    -8.67   -6.16   10.64   234.6    23.8
04/17/2026 03:30:00    -6.07   -8.72   10.62   214.8    23.8
04/17/2026 04:00:00    -6.70   -6.94    9.65   224.0    23.7
04/17/2026 04:30:00    -5.40   -5.64    7.81   223.8    23.7
04/17/2026 05:00:00    -7.01  -11.68   13.62   211.0    23.7

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/17/2026 00:00:00    23.86   53.25   36.03    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 00:30:00    23.86   53.25   36.03    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:00:00    23.81   53.18   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:30:00    23.79   53.16   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:00:00    23.77   53.14   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:30:00    23.77   53.14   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:00:00    23.75   53.12   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:30:00    23.73   53.10   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:00:00    23.72   53.10   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:30:00    23.72   53.10   36.02    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 05:00:00    23.71   53.09   36.03    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-17 04:00Z (04-16 23:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-17 03:30Z (04-16 22:30 CDT)
F  2026-04-17 04:30Z (04-16 23:30 CDT)
J  2026-04-17 04:30Z (04-16 23:30 CDT)
R  2026-04-17 04:30Z (04-16 23:30 CDT)
W  2026-04-17 04:00Z (04-16 23:00 CDT)