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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
06/17/2026 00:00:00     0.07   10.36   10.36     0.4    28.1
06/17/2026 00:30:00    -8.07    6.02   10.07   306.7    27.9
06/17/2026 01:00:00    -1.22    3.72    3.91   341.8    27.9
06/17/2026 01:30:00    -1.65   15.49   15.58   353.9    27.7
06/17/2026 02:00:00    -4.84   12.98   13.85   339.6    27.6
06/17/2026 02:30:00   -11.60   14.99   18.95   322.3    27.4
06/17/2026 03:00:00   -16.64    9.04   18.94   298.5    27.6
06/17/2026 03:30:00   -11.54   11.64   16.39   315.2    27.6
06/17/2026 04:00:00   -10.72    5.58   12.09   297.5    27.6
06/17/2026 04:30:00    -4.14   11.15   11.89   339.6    27.6
06/17/2026 05:00:00     0.33   12.99   12.99     1.5    27.6
06/17/2026 05:30:00    -1.40   17.55   17.61   355.4    27.6
06/17/2026 06:00:00    -2.21   15.12   15.28   351.7    27.7
06/17/2026 06:30:00    -3.12    9.52   10.02   341.9    27.7
06/17/2026 07:00:00     1.44   11.09   11.18     7.4    27.7
06/17/2026 07:30:00     2.68    6.94    7.44    21.1    27.7
06/17/2026 08:00:00    12.11    2.15   12.30    79.9    27.7
06/17/2026 08:30:00    10.28    5.40   11.61    62.3    27.8
06/17/2026 09:00:00     6.27    5.55    8.37    48.5    27.8
06/17/2026 09:30:00    11.17   -0.85   11.20    94.4    27.9
06/17/2026 10:00:00     7.85    1.70    8.03    77.8    27.9
06/17/2026 10:30:00     6.35    2.95    7.00    65.1    27.9
06/17/2026 11:00:00     3.69   -1.55    4.00   112.8    27.9
06/17/2026 11:30:00     6.78    0.08    6.78    89.3    27.9
06/17/2026 12:00:00     5.44   -4.04    6.78   126.6    27.9

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
06/17/2026 00:00:00    28.08   56.13   34.87    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 00:30:00    27.91   55.96   34.87    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 01:00:00    27.85   55.91   34.88    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 01:30:00    27.72   55.77   34.88    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 02:00:00    27.57   55.59   34.86    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 02:30:00    27.48   55.45   34.83    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 03:00:00    27.59   55.62   34.87    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 03:30:00    27.58   55.61   34.88    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 04:00:00    27.58   55.62   34.88    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 04:30:00    27.57   55.40   34.73    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 05:00:00    27.60   55.42   34.73    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 05:30:00    27.63   55.50   34.75    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 06:00:00    27.67   55.55   34.76    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 06:30:00    27.70   55.57   34.76    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 07:00:00    27.71   55.59   34.76    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 07:30:00    27.72   55.60   34.76    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 08:00:00    27.71   55.53   34.72    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 08:30:00    27.76   55.61   34.74    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 09:00:00    27.80   55.66   34.75    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 09:30:00    27.84   55.68   34.73    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 10:00:00    27.88   55.69   34.71    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 10:30:00    27.88   55.67   34.69    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 11:00:00    27.86   55.72   34.74    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 11:30:00    27.84   55.59   34.67    0.00    0.00
06/17/2026 12:00:00    27.87   55.65   34.68    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-05-13 17:00Z (05-13 12:00 CDT)
D  2026-06-17 11:30Z (06-17 06:30 CDT)
F  2026-06-17 11:30Z (06-17 06:30 CDT)
J  2026-06-17 11:00Z (06-17 06:00 CDT)
R  2026-06-17 11:30Z (06-17 06:30 CDT)
W  2026-06-17 11:00Z (06-17 06:00 CDT)