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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
04/17/2026 00:00:00   -13.07  -10.72   16.90   230.6    24.2
04/17/2026 00:30:00   -12.21   -8.90   15.11   233.9    24.2
04/17/2026 01:00:00   -14.45  -14.53   20.49   224.8    24.2
04/17/2026 01:30:00    -7.72  -10.91   13.37   215.3    24.2
04/17/2026 02:00:00   -15.96  -15.18   22.03   226.4    24.1
04/17/2026 02:30:00   -14.52  -10.60   17.98   233.9    24.1
04/17/2026 03:00:00   -10.77  -12.24   16.30   221.3    24.1
04/17/2026 03:30:00   -14.56  -11.73   18.70   231.1    24.1
04/17/2026 04:00:00   -13.58  -11.61   17.87   229.5    24.1
04/17/2026 04:30:00   -15.01   -7.08   16.60   244.7    24.1
04/17/2026 05:00:00   -14.74   -8.99   17.27   238.6    24.1
04/17/2026 05:30:00   -15.94   -5.07   16.73   252.4    24.1
04/17/2026 06:00:00   -13.95   -6.06   15.21   246.5    24.1
04/17/2026 06:30:00   -11.09  -10.37   15.18   226.9    24.1
04/17/2026 07:00:00   -12.12   -8.44   14.77   235.1    24.0
04/17/2026 07:30:00   -11.33   -7.46   13.57   236.6    23.9
04/17/2026 08:00:00   -10.49   -5.75   11.96   241.3    24.0
04/17/2026 08:30:00   -11.40   -6.22   12.99   241.4    23.9
04/17/2026 09:00:00   -13.13   -2.64   13.39   258.6    23.9
04/17/2026 09:30:00    -8.79   -7.13   11.32   231.0    23.9
04/17/2026 10:00:00    -8.35   -1.53    8.49   259.6    23.9
04/17/2026 10:30:00   -12.21   -6.52   13.84   241.9    23.8
04/17/2026 11:00:00   -10.44    1.49   10.55   278.1    23.8
04/17/2026 11:30:00    -7.88   -2.67    8.32   251.3    23.8
04/17/2026 12:00:00   -11.74   -7.39   13.87   237.8    23.7
04/17/2026 12:30:00   -14.91   -4.73   15.64   252.4    23.7
04/17/2026 13:00:00   -14.14    3.38   14.54   283.4    23.6
04/17/2026 13:30:00   -14.84   -0.44   14.85   268.3    23.6
04/17/2026 14:00:00   -14.77    2.31   14.95   278.9    23.6
04/17/2026 14:30:00   -21.18    5.08   21.78   283.5    23.6
04/17/2026 15:00:00   -18.79    3.35   19.09   280.1    23.7
04/17/2026 15:30:00   -22.52    2.24   22.63   275.7    23.7
04/17/2026 16:00:00   -16.14    2.06   16.27   277.3    23.7
04/17/2026 16:30:00   -18.35    2.60   18.53   278.1    23.7
04/17/2026 17:00:00   -19.21    1.50   19.27   274.5    23.6
04/17/2026 17:30:00   -20.47    0.83   20.49   272.3    23.7
04/17/2026 18:00:00   -21.58   -3.49   21.86   260.8    23.7
04/17/2026 18:30:00   -23.73    1.13   23.76   272.7    23.7
04/17/2026 19:00:00   -26.34    5.43   26.89   281.6    23.7
04/17/2026 19:30:00   -21.47    0.60   21.48   271.6    23.7
04/17/2026 20:00:00   -21.83    5.18   22.44   283.3    23.7
04/17/2026 20:30:00   -17.78    0.91   17.80   272.9    23.7
04/17/2026 21:00:00   -25.98    1.50   26.02   273.3    23.8
04/17/2026 21:30:00   -20.02    1.57   20.08   274.5    23.7
04/17/2026 22:00:00   -20.64    1.39   20.69   273.9    23.8
04/17/2026 22:30:00   -19.90   -5.29   20.59   255.1    23.6
04/17/2026 23:00:00   -18.08   -1.22   18.12   266.1    23.6

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/17/2026 00:00:00    24.19   50.34   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 00:30:00    24.17   50.32   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:00:00    24.16   50.33   33.59    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:30:00    24.15   50.32   33.59    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:00:00    24.14   50.29   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:30:00    24.13   50.29   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:00:00    24.11   50.27   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:30:00    24.10   50.26   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:00:00    24.12   50.29   33.59    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:30:00    24.11   50.29   33.60    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 05:00:00    24.11   50.31   33.61    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 05:30:00    24.09   50.27   33.60    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 06:00:00    24.07   50.25   33.60    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 06:30:00    24.03   50.21   33.60    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 07:00:00    24.02   50.19   33.60    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 07:30:00    23.92   50.05   33.56    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 08:00:00    24.01   50.19   33.60    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 08:30:00    23.93   50.08   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 09:00:00    23.89   50.04   33.58    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 09:30:00    23.92   50.09   33.59    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 10:00:00    23.87   50.03   33.59    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 10:30:00    23.77   49.88   33.55    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 11:00:00    23.80   49.93   33.57    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 11:30:00    23.76   49.90   33.57    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 12:00:00    23.68   49.79   33.54    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 12:30:00    23.67   49.78   33.55    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 13:00:00    23.63   49.71   33.53    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 13:30:00    23.63   49.70   33.52    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 14:00:00    23.62   49.70   33.52    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 14:30:00    23.62   49.67   33.50    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 15:00:00    23.65   49.69   33.50    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 15:30:00    23.67   49.71   33.50    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 16:00:00    23.68   49.70   33.48    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 16:30:00    23.62   49.59   33.44    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 17:00:00    23.60   49.52   33.40    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 17:30:00    23.63   49.54   33.40    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 18:00:00    23.66   49.57   33.40    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 18:30:00    23.68   49.59   33.39    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 19:00:00    23.66   49.57   33.39    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 19:30:00    23.67   49.56   33.39    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 20:00:00    23.69   49.60   33.39    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 20:30:00    23.73   49.64   33.40    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 21:00:00    23.80   49.74   33.42    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 21:30:00    23.72   49.65   33.41    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 22:00:00    23.78   49.76   33.44    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 22:30:00    23.64   49.57   33.41    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 23:00:00    23.50   49.40   33.39    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-17 22:00Z (04-17 17:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-17 18:00Z (04-17 13:00 CDT)
F  2026-04-17 23:00Z (04-17 18:00 CDT)
J  2026-04-17 23:00Z (04-17 18:00 CDT)
R  2026-04-17 23:00Z (04-17 18:00 CDT)
W  2026-04-17 22:30Z (04-17 17:30 CDT)