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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
10/17/2026 00:00:00   -24.95   -9.40   26.66   249.4    28.6
10/17/2026 00:30:00   -19.48  -12.73   23.27   236.8    28.6
10/17/2026 01:00:00   -19.09  -11.10   22.08   239.8    28.6
10/17/2026 01:30:00   -25.73  -20.40   32.84   231.6    28.5
10/17/2026 02:00:00   -29.50  -18.52   34.83   237.9    28.5
10/17/2026 02:30:00   -26.22  -19.13   32.46   233.9    28.5
10/17/2026 03:00:00   -23.98  -15.06   28.32   237.9    28.5
10/17/2026 03:30:00   -25.55  -17.64   31.05   235.4    28.5
10/17/2026 04:00:00   -17.72  -21.35   27.75   219.7    28.4
10/17/2026 04:30:00   -18.69  -20.35   27.63   222.6    28.4
10/17/2026 05:00:00   -26.24  -14.43   29.95   241.2    28.4
10/17/2026 05:30:00   -25.90  -15.30   30.08   239.4    28.4
10/17/2026 06:00:00   -22.93  -10.05   25.04   246.3    28.4
10/17/2026 06:30:00   -27.50   -8.91   28.91   252.0    28.4
10/17/2026 07:00:00   -32.16  -10.86   33.94   251.3    28.4
10/17/2026 07:30:00   -23.89   -8.12   25.23   251.2    28.3
10/17/2026 08:00:00   -29.79  -12.82   32.43   246.7    28.3
10/17/2026 08:30:00   -29.70  -11.68   31.91   248.5    28.3
10/17/2026 09:00:00   -26.76   -8.65   28.12   252.1    28.2
10/17/2026 09:30:00   -26.85  -13.08   29.87   244.0    28.2
10/17/2026 10:00:00   -29.11  -11.48   31.29   248.5    28.2
10/17/2026 10:30:00   -26.93  -10.46   28.89   248.8    28.1
10/17/2026 11:00:00   -33.42  -14.30   36.35   246.8    28.1
10/17/2026 11:30:00   -33.14   -8.36   34.18   255.8    28.1
10/17/2026 12:00:00   -32.99  -13.58   35.68   247.6    28.0
10/17/2026 12:30:00   -30.33  -12.81   32.92   247.1    28.0
10/17/2026 13:00:00   -32.22  -11.89   34.34   249.7    28.0
10/17/2026 13:30:00   -34.26  -15.38   37.55   245.8    27.9
10/17/2026 14:00:00   -34.16  -16.38   37.88   244.4    27.9
10/17/2026 14:30:00   -34.48  -13.46   37.01   248.7    27.9
10/17/2026 15:00:00   -35.14  -17.30   39.17   243.8    27.9
10/17/2026 15:30:00   -33.24  -18.13   37.86   241.4    27.9
10/17/2026 16:00:00   -33.09  -17.07   37.23   242.7    27.9
10/17/2026 16:30:00   -32.80  -13.84   35.60   247.1    27.9
10/17/2026 17:00:00   -31.85  -13.64   34.65   246.8    27.9

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
10/17/2026 00:00:00    28.56    5.79   35.73    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 00:30:00    28.58    5.80   35.80    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 01:00:00    28.55    5.80   35.85    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 01:30:00    28.51    5.80   35.84    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 02:00:00    28.50    5.80   35.89    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 02:30:00    28.51    5.82   35.98    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 03:00:00    28.53    5.83   36.04    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 03:30:00    28.51    5.83   36.04    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 04:00:00    28.45    5.82   36.01    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 04:30:00    28.44    5.81   35.97    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 05:00:00    28.42    5.81   36.00    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 05:30:00    28.41    5.82   36.06    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 06:00:00    28.39    5.82   36.07    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 06:30:00    28.37    5.81   36.07    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 07:00:00    28.35    5.82   36.09    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 07:30:00    28.32    5.82   36.11    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 08:00:00    28.26    5.81   36.10    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 08:30:00    28.26    5.81   36.11    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 09:00:00    28.25    5.81   36.11    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 09:30:00    28.22    5.80   36.07    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 10:00:00    28.17    5.79   36.02    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 10:30:00    28.14    5.78   35.98    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 11:00:00    28.09    5.76   35.92    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 11:30:00    28.06    5.75   35.87    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 12:00:00    28.02    5.74   35.81    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 12:30:00    28.00    5.73   35.78    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 13:00:00    27.97    5.73   35.74    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 13:30:00    27.94    5.72   35.71    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 14:00:00    27.93    5.71   35.70    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 14:30:00    27.92    5.71   35.69    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 15:00:00    27.90    5.71   35.69    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 15:30:00    27.88    5.71   35.68    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 16:00:00    27.87    5.70   35.65    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 16:30:00    27.88    5.70   35.64    0.00    0.00
10/17/2026 17:00:00    27.88    5.70   35.66    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
D  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
F  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
J  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
R  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)
W  2026-10-17 17:00Z (10-17 12:00 CDT)
X  2026-10-17 17:30Z (10-17 12:30 CDT)