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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
02/02/2026 00:00:00    -1.95   -1.60    2.52   230.6    17.2
02/02/2026 00:30:00    -0.08    3.84    3.84   358.8    17.2
02/02/2026 01:00:00    -0.93    2.07    2.27   335.8    17.1
02/02/2026 01:30:00    -0.88   -0.13    0.89   261.6    17.1
02/02/2026 02:00:00     1.40   -0.63    1.54   114.2    17.1
02/02/2026 02:30:00    -1.47    0.66    1.61   294.2    17.0
02/02/2026 03:00:00    -1.77    5.08    5.38   340.8    17.0
02/02/2026 03:30:00    -1.20    2.91    3.15   337.6    17.0
02/02/2026 04:00:00    -6.57    0.83    6.62   277.2    17.0
02/02/2026 04:30:00    -0.76    5.81    5.86   352.5    16.9
02/02/2026 05:00:00     0.97    6.35    6.42     8.7    16.9
02/02/2026 05:30:00    -2.54    4.27    4.97   329.3    16.9
02/02/2026 06:00:00    -2.68    3.33    4.27   321.2    16.9
02/02/2026 06:30:00     2.15    0.06    2.15    88.4    16.9
02/02/2026 07:00:00    -4.23    1.62    4.53   291.0    16.9
02/02/2026 07:30:00     0.08    2.33    2.33     2.0    16.9
02/02/2026 08:00:00    -0.03    0.18    0.18   350.5    16.9
02/02/2026 08:30:00     0.02    3.36    3.36     0.3    16.9
02/02/2026 09:00:00     5.84   -4.24    7.22   126.0    16.9
02/02/2026 09:30:00    -4.71    3.51    5.87   306.7    16.9
02/02/2026 10:00:00     0.67    2.93    3.01    12.9    16.8
02/02/2026 10:30:00    -0.70   -6.85    6.89   185.8    16.8
02/02/2026 11:00:00    -0.16   -1.51    1.52   186.0    16.8
02/02/2026 11:30:00    -1.37   -2.00    2.42   214.4    16.8
02/02/2026 12:00:00    -0.68    0.79    1.04   319.3    16.8
02/02/2026 12:30:00    -0.04   -0.99    0.99   182.3    16.8
02/02/2026 13:00:00    -1.80   -1.09    2.10   238.8    16.8
02/02/2026 13:30:00    -3.53    2.20    4.16   301.9    16.8
02/02/2026 14:00:00    -3.56   -0.59    3.61   260.6    16.8
02/02/2026 14:30:00    -4.45    3.60    5.72   309.0    16.8
02/02/2026 15:00:00    -6.79   -0.56    6.81   265.3    16.8
02/02/2026 15:30:00    -2.57    1.11    2.80   293.4    16.9
02/02/2026 16:00:00    -2.96    5.22    6.00   330.4    16.9
02/02/2026 16:30:00    -3.36    2.69    4.30   308.7    16.9
02/02/2026 17:00:00    -8.87   -3.70    9.61   247.4    17.0
02/02/2026 17:30:00    -4.32    0.03    4.32   270.4    17.0
02/02/2026 18:00:00   -11.31   -0.33   11.31   268.3    17.0
02/02/2026 18:30:00    -6.94    3.91    7.97   299.4    17.0
02/02/2026 19:00:00    -7.09    5.39    8.91   307.2    17.0
02/02/2026 19:30:00   -13.64    2.23   13.82   279.3    17.1
02/02/2026 20:00:00    -9.53    3.29   10.08   289.0    17.1
02/02/2026 21:00:00   -16.64    3.75   17.06   282.7    17.2
02/02/2026 21:30:00    -9.78    7.36   12.24   307.0    17.1

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
02/02/2026 00:00:00    17.23   43.86   33.89    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 00:30:00    17.21   43.83   33.88    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 01:00:00    17.15   43.76   33.87    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 01:30:00    17.08   43.68   33.86    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 02:00:00    17.08   43.68   33.86    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 02:30:00    17.00   43.58   33.84    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 03:00:00    17.03   43.62   33.85    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 03:30:00    16.96   43.53   33.83    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 04:00:00    16.99   43.57   33.84    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 04:30:00    16.92   43.48   33.83    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 05:00:00    16.86   43.39   33.80    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 05:30:00    16.87   43.40   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 06:00:00    16.87   43.41   33.80    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 06:30:00    16.86   43.40   33.80    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 07:00:00    16.86   43.40   33.80    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 07:30:00    16.88   43.43   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 08:00:00    16.85   43.39   33.80    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 08:30:00    16.88   43.43   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 09:00:00    16.86   43.42   33.82    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 09:30:00    16.85   43.40   33.82    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 10:00:00    16.82   43.38   33.82    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 10:30:00    16.81   43.36   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 11:00:00    16.80   43.35   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 11:30:00    16.80   43.35   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 12:00:00    16.79   43.33   33.80    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 12:30:00    16.78   43.32   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 13:00:00    16.78   43.31   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 13:30:00    16.77   43.29   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 14:00:00    16.78   43.30   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 14:30:00    16.79   43.32   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 15:00:00    16.81   43.34   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 15:30:00    16.83   43.36   33.79    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 16:00:00    16.93   43.47   33.80    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 16:30:00    16.93   43.47   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 17:00:00    16.94   43.48   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 17:30:00    16.97   43.52   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 18:00:00    16.98   43.52   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 18:30:00    16.99   43.54   33.82    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 19:00:00    17.00   43.55   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 19:30:00    17.09   43.63   33.81    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 20:00:00    17.11   43.66   33.82    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 21:00:00    17.15   43.71   33.83    0.00    0.00
02/02/2026 21:30:00    17.14   43.69   33.83    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-02-02 05:00Z (02-01 23:00 CST)
F  2026-02-02 23:00Z (02-02 17:00 CST)
J  2026-02-02 21:30Z (02-02 15:30 CST)
R  2026-02-02 23:00Z (02-02 17:00 CST)
W  2026-02-02 22:30Z (02-02 16:30 CST)