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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
04/20/2026 00:00:00    17.03    2.57   17.22    81.4    23.4
04/20/2026 00:30:00    16.19  -25.32   30.05   147.4    23.4
04/20/2026 01:00:00    15.66  -17.83   23.73   138.7    23.4
04/20/2026 01:30:00    20.18  -20.63   28.86   135.6    23.3
04/20/2026 02:00:00    14.74  -16.57   22.18   138.3    23.3
04/20/2026 02:30:00    16.61  -22.98   28.35   144.1    23.3
04/20/2026 03:00:00    12.72  -19.71   23.46   147.2    23.3
04/20/2026 03:30:00    21.58  -18.42   28.37   130.5    23.3
04/20/2026 04:00:00    21.84  -11.95   24.90   118.7    23.2
04/20/2026 04:30:00    20.21   -3.98   20.60   101.1    23.3
04/20/2026 05:00:00    17.23   -9.83   19.84   119.7    23.3
04/20/2026 05:30:00    23.21   -2.45   23.34    96.0    23.3
04/20/2026 06:00:00    21.13   -4.10   21.52   101.0    23.3
04/20/2026 06:30:00    18.41    1.31   18.46    85.9    23.3

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/20/2026 00:00:00    23.43   52.78   36.03    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 00:30:00    23.38   52.64   35.95    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 01:00:00    23.33   52.54   35.91    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 01:30:00    23.30   52.43   35.86    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 02:00:00    23.29   52.37   35.82    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 02:30:00    23.27   52.33   35.80    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 03:00:00    23.24   52.29   35.80    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 03:30:00    23.24   52.28   35.79    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 04:00:00    23.26   52.27   35.77    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 04:30:00    23.25   52.23   35.75    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 05:00:00    23.24   52.22   35.75    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 05:30:00    23.26   52.25   35.76    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 06:00:00    23.24   52.26   35.77    0.00    0.00
04/20/2026 06:30:00    23.26   52.30   35.79    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-20 07:00Z (04-20 02:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-20 06:30Z (04-20 01:30 CDT)
F  2026-04-20 06:30Z (04-20 01:30 CDT)
J  2026-04-20 06:30Z (04-20 01:30 CDT)
R  2026-04-20 07:00Z (04-20 02:00 CDT)
W  2026-04-20 06:30Z (04-20 01:30 CDT)