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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
05/08/2026 00:00:00    10.79    4.72   11.78    66.4    24.0
05/08/2026 00:30:00    11.21   -1.45   11.30    97.4    24.0
05/08/2026 01:00:00    12.86   -5.13   13.85   111.7    24.0
05/08/2026 01:30:00     8.58   -8.07   11.78   133.2    24.0
05/08/2026 02:00:00     6.56  -11.47   13.21   150.2    24.0
05/08/2026 02:30:00    11.07  -11.09   15.67   135.1    24.0
05/08/2026 03:00:00     9.84  -12.83   16.17   142.5    24.0
05/08/2026 03:30:00     5.98  -13.20   14.49   155.6    24.0
05/08/2026 04:00:00     4.46  -15.21   15.85   163.7    24.0
05/08/2026 04:30:00     6.09  -15.27   16.44   158.3    24.0
05/08/2026 05:00:00     4.21  -10.72   11.52   158.6    24.0
05/08/2026 05:30:00    10.47   -8.45   13.45   128.9    24.0
05/08/2026 06:00:00    -0.02  -13.66   13.66   180.1    24.0
05/08/2026 06:30:00     0.19  -11.70   11.70   179.1    24.0
05/08/2026 07:00:00     3.87  -14.75   15.25   165.3    24.0
05/08/2026 07:30:00     2.42   -9.31    9.62   165.4    24.0
05/08/2026 08:00:00     3.54   -8.46    9.17   157.3    24.0

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
05/08/2026 00:00:00    24.02   53.31   35.95    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 00:30:00    24.00   53.30   35.95    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 01:00:00    23.99   53.29   35.95    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 01:30:00    23.99   53.30   35.96    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 02:00:00    23.99   53.30   35.96    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 02:30:00    23.99   53.30   35.97    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 03:00:00    23.98   53.29   35.97    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 03:30:00    23.99   53.31   35.97    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 04:00:00    24.00   53.32   35.97    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 04:30:00    24.01   53.34   35.98    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 05:00:00    24.01   53.34   35.98    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 05:30:00    24.02   53.36   35.98    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 06:00:00    24.03   53.36   35.98    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 06:30:00    24.03   53.37   35.99    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 07:00:00    24.03   53.37   35.99    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 07:30:00    24.02   53.36   35.99    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 08:00:00    24.01   53.36   35.99    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-05-08 04:00Z (05-07 23:00 CDT)
D  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
F  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
J  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
R  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
W  2026-05-08 06:30Z (05-08 01:30 CDT)