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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/08/2026 00:00:00    -0.08   -9.76    9.76   180.5    19.3
01/08/2026 00:30:00    -1.71   -8.10    8.28   191.9    19.3
01/08/2026 01:00:00     0.34  -10.58   10.59   178.2    19.2
01/08/2026 01:30:00     5.16   -8.18    9.67   147.8    19.2
01/08/2026 02:00:00     4.01   -6.21    7.39   147.1    19.3
01/08/2026 02:30:00     2.28   -3.88    4.50   149.6    19.2
01/08/2026 03:00:00     5.06   -3.47    6.14   124.4    19.2
01/08/2026 03:30:00     3.92   -5.77    6.98   145.8    19.2
01/08/2026 04:00:00     5.17   -3.16    6.06   121.4    19.2
01/08/2026 04:30:00     4.14   -3.93    5.71   133.5    19.1
01/08/2026 05:00:00     4.62   -7.32    8.66   147.7    19.1
01/08/2026 05:30:00     3.51   -8.86    9.53   158.4    19.2
01/08/2026 06:00:00     4.24   -7.00    8.18   148.8    19.1
01/08/2026 06:30:00     4.51   -7.66    8.89   149.5    19.2
01/08/2026 07:00:00     2.42   -9.77   10.07   166.1    19.2
01/08/2026 07:30:00     2.55  -11.35   11.63   167.3    19.4
01/08/2026 08:00:00     2.10   -9.91   10.13   168.0    19.4

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/08/2026 00:00:00    19.31   46.28   34.21    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 00:30:00    19.27   46.28   34.24    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 01:00:00    19.23   46.22   34.23    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 01:30:00    19.25   46.24   34.23    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 02:00:00    19.28   46.29   34.24    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 02:30:00    19.22   46.24   34.25    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 03:00:00    19.19   46.21   34.25    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 03:30:00    19.17   46.19   34.25    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 04:00:00    19.16   46.19   34.26    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 04:30:00    19.14   46.18   34.27    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 05:00:00    19.15   46.20   34.28    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 05:30:00    19.16   46.23   34.30    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 06:00:00    19.15   46.24   34.31    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 06:30:00    19.15   46.27   34.34    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 07:00:00    19.20   46.37   34.38    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 07:30:00    19.42   46.68   34.45    0.00    0.00
01/08/2026 08:00:00    19.38   46.64   34.46    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-08 07:30Z (01-08 01:30 CST)
F  2026-01-08 08:00Z (01-08 02:00 CST)
J  2026-01-08 08:00Z (01-08 02:00 CST)
R  2026-01-08 08:00Z (01-08 02:00 CST)
W  2026-01-08 07:30Z (01-08 01:30 CST)