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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/24/2026 00:00:00    19.28    0.94   19.30    87.2    18.0
01/24/2026 00:30:00    15.65   -9.39   18.25   121.0    18.0
01/24/2026 01:00:00    12.03  -10.00   15.64   129.7    17.9
01/24/2026 01:30:00    14.41  -12.63   19.16   131.2    17.9
01/24/2026 02:00:00    13.85  -14.33   19.93   136.0    17.9
01/24/2026 02:30:00    11.94  -20.37   23.61   149.6    17.9
01/24/2026 03:00:00     5.60  -22.66   23.34   166.1    17.9
01/24/2026 03:30:00     9.80  -22.48   24.52   156.4    17.9
01/24/2026 04:00:00     4.41  -26.74   27.10   170.6    17.8
01/24/2026 04:30:00    -2.62  -25.21   25.35   185.9    17.8
01/24/2026 05:00:00    -1.36  -25.48   25.52   183.1    17.8
01/24/2026 05:30:00    -5.25  -24.31   24.87   192.2    17.8
01/24/2026 06:00:00     0.93  -23.60   23.62   177.7    17.8
01/24/2026 06:30:00     4.77  -27.85   28.26   170.3    17.9
01/24/2026 07:00:00     1.27  -25.99   26.02   177.2    17.9
01/24/2026 07:30:00    -4.55  -25.26   25.67   190.2    17.8
01/24/2026 08:00:00    -2.45  -26.30   26.41   185.3    17.8
01/24/2026 08:30:00    -2.48  -18.59   18.75   187.6    17.8
01/24/2026 09:00:00    -6.78  -22.19   23.20   197.0    17.8
01/24/2026 09:30:00    -4.82  -24.15   24.63   191.3    17.8
01/24/2026 10:00:00    -7.88  -20.78   22.22   200.8    17.8
01/24/2026 10:30:00   -11.21  -25.06   27.45   204.1    17.8
01/24/2026 11:00:00    -1.50  -19.20   19.26   184.5    17.8
01/24/2026 11:30:00    -9.08  -21.17   23.04   203.2    17.8
01/24/2026 12:00:00    -1.39  -22.09   22.13   183.6    17.8
01/24/2026 12:30:00    -5.16  -22.35   22.94   193.0    17.8
01/24/2026 13:00:00    -5.46  -19.07   19.84   196.0    17.8
01/24/2026 13:30:00   -12.08  -19.04   22.55   212.4    17.7
01/24/2026 14:00:00    -8.30  -19.43   21.13   203.1    17.7
01/24/2026 14:30:00   -12.82  -19.88   23.66   212.8    17.8
01/24/2026 15:00:00   -10.13  -18.52   21.11   208.7    17.9
01/24/2026 15:30:00   -13.99  -12.28   18.62   228.7    17.9
01/24/2026 16:00:00   -18.72   -7.64   20.22   247.8    17.9
01/24/2026 16:30:00   -16.82  -14.09   21.94   230.0    17.9
01/24/2026 17:00:00     2.77   24.90   25.05     6.3    18.0
01/24/2026 17:30:00    26.86  -34.15   43.45   141.8    17.9
01/24/2026 18:00:00    19.90  -16.89   26.10   130.3    17.9
01/24/2026 18:30:00    12.86   -4.12   13.50   107.8    17.9
01/24/2026 19:00:00   -31.33   -5.44   31.80   260.1    17.9
01/24/2026 19:30:00   -39.08   14.21   41.58   290.0    17.8
01/24/2026 20:00:00    12.42   12.95   17.94    43.8    17.9
01/24/2026 20:30:00   -42.49    7.57   43.16   280.1    17.8
01/24/2026 21:00:00    30.40   27.76   41.17    47.6    17.8
01/24/2026 21:30:00    12.03   40.22   41.98    16.7    17.8
01/24/2026 22:00:00    15.96   27.63   31.91    30.0    17.8
01/24/2026 22:30:00   -14.65   25.14   29.10   329.8    17.8
01/24/2026 23:00:00   -23.41   23.92   33.47   315.6    17.8

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/24/2026 00:00:00    17.97   46.44   35.48    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 00:30:00    17.95   46.42   35.48    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 01:00:00    17.93   46.40   35.48    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 01:30:00    17.91   46.37   35.47    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 02:00:00    17.90   46.35   35.46    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 02:30:00    17.88   46.34   35.47    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 03:00:00    17.86   46.31   35.46    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 03:30:00    17.85   46.29   35.46    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 04:00:00    17.83   46.27   35.45    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 04:30:00    17.82   46.25   35.45    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 05:00:00    17.82   46.26   35.45    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 05:30:00    17.83   46.27   35.46    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 06:00:00    17.84   46.28   35.46    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 06:30:00    17.84   46.27   35.45    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 07:00:00    17.84   46.27   35.45    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 07:30:00    17.84   46.26   35.44    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 08:00:00    17.83   46.25   35.43    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 08:30:00    17.83   46.24   35.43    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 09:00:00    17.82   46.21   35.42    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 09:30:00    17.81   46.20   35.41    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 10:00:00    17.80   46.18   35.40    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 10:30:00    17.80   46.17   35.40    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 11:00:00    17.79   46.16   35.39    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 11:30:00    17.79   46.15   35.39    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 12:00:00    17.78   46.13   35.38    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 12:30:00    17.76   46.11   35.38    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 13:00:00    17.75   46.08   35.37    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 13:30:00    17.74   46.07   35.36    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 14:00:00    17.73   46.06   35.36    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 14:30:00    17.75   46.08   35.37    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 15:00:00    17.85   46.23   35.41    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 15:30:00    17.92   46.35   35.45    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 16:00:00    17.93   46.35   35.44    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 16:30:00    17.93   46.36   35.44    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 17:00:00    17.96   46.38   35.44    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 17:30:00    17.90   45.80   34.99    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 18:00:00    17.87   45.80   35.02    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 18:30:00    17.88   45.85   35.05    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 19:00:00    17.84   45.82   35.06    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 19:30:00    17.83   45.82   35.07    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 20:00:00    17.83   45.90   35.14    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 20:30:00    17.82   45.91   35.15    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 21:00:00    17.82   45.91   35.16    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 21:30:00    17.77   45.83   35.13    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 22:00:00    17.80   45.92   35.19    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 22:30:00    17.76   45.87   35.18    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 23:00:00    17.79   45.91   35.18    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-24 22:00Z (01-24 16:00 CST)
F  2026-01-24 22:30Z (01-24 16:30 CST)
J  2026-01-24 20:30Z (01-24 14:30 CST)
R  2026-01-24 20:00Z (01-24 14:00 CST)
W  2026-01-24 22:00Z (01-24 16:00 CST)