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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
09/13/2026 00:00:00     7.94   14.40   16.44    28.9    27.7
09/13/2026 00:30:00     5.76   11.89   13.21    25.8    27.6
09/13/2026 01:00:00     7.62   10.12   12.67    37.0    27.6
09/13/2026 01:30:00     6.22    9.07   11.00    34.4    27.6
09/13/2026 02:00:00     7.22   11.90   13.92    31.2    27.6
09/13/2026 02:30:00     8.29   11.47   14.15    35.9    27.6
09/13/2026 03:00:00     6.91   12.66   14.42    28.6    27.6
09/13/2026 03:30:00     7.93   13.77   15.89    29.9    27.6
09/13/2026 04:00:00     6.26   15.26   16.49    22.3    27.5

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
09/13/2026 00:00:00    27.68    5.82   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 00:30:00    27.63    5.82   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 01:00:00    27.59    5.81   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 01:30:00    27.59    5.81   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 02:00:00    27.58    5.81   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 02:30:00    27.55    5.81   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 03:00:00    27.55    5.81   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 03:30:00    27.53    5.81   36.66    0.00    0.00
09/13/2026 04:00:00    27.51    5.80   36.66    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-09-12 23:30Z (09-12 18:30 CDT)
D  2026-09-12 23:30Z (09-12 18:30 CDT)
F  2026-09-12 23:30Z (09-12 18:30 CDT)
J  2026-09-12 23:30Z (09-12 18:30 CDT)
R  2026-09-12 23:30Z (09-12 18:30 CDT)
W  2026-09-12 18:30Z (09-12 13:30 CDT)
X  2026-09-12 23:30Z (09-12 18:30 CDT)