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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
05/08/2026 00:00:00     8.44    2.27    8.74    74.9    26.1
05/08/2026 00:30:00     5.30   -0.99    5.39   100.6    26.1
05/08/2026 01:00:00     7.74    3.72    8.59    64.3    26.1
05/08/2026 01:30:00    -0.17    0.88    0.90   349.1    26.0
05/08/2026 02:00:00     1.18    5.03    5.17    13.2    26.0
05/08/2026 02:30:00     5.09   -0.58    5.12    96.5    25.9
05/08/2026 03:00:00     1.82    3.62    4.05    26.7    25.9
05/08/2026 03:30:00     3.74    3.07    4.84    50.6    25.9
05/08/2026 04:00:00    -0.98   -1.58    1.86   211.8    25.9
05/08/2026 04:30:00     2.19   -0.26    2.21    96.8    25.9
05/08/2026 05:00:00     1.64   -4.11    4.43   158.2    25.9
05/08/2026 05:30:00    -3.08   -3.49    4.65   221.4    25.9
05/08/2026 06:00:00     2.11    1.04    2.35    63.8    25.9
05/08/2026 06:30:00    -0.77   -4.78    4.84   189.2    25.8
05/08/2026 07:00:00     2.57   -1.62    3.04   122.2    25.8
05/08/2026 07:30:00     3.26   -0.18    3.26    93.2    25.8
05/08/2026 08:00:00     1.95   -5.12    5.48   159.2    25.7

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
05/08/2026 00:00:00    26.14   51.97   33.33    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 00:30:00    26.07   51.91   33.34    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 01:00:00    26.04   51.88   33.35    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 01:30:00    26.00   51.86   33.35    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 02:00:00    25.97   51.82   33.35    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 02:30:00    25.94   51.80   33.35    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 03:00:00    25.91   51.77   33.36    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 03:30:00    25.88   51.74   33.36    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 04:00:00    25.86   51.72   33.36    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 04:30:00    25.84   51.70   33.36    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 05:00:00    25.85   51.69   33.35    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 05:30:00    25.84   51.68   33.34    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 06:00:00    25.82   51.67   33.35    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 06:30:00    25.82   51.66   33.34    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 07:00:00    25.81   51.65   33.34    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 07:30:00    25.75   51.60   33.35    0.00    0.00
05/08/2026 08:00:00    25.72   51.56   33.34    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-05-08 04:00Z (05-07 23:00 CDT)
D  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
F  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
J  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
R  2026-05-08 07:00Z (05-08 02:00 CDT)
W  2026-05-08 06:30Z (05-08 01:30 CDT)