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     0.45    0.25    0.51    60.9    25.2
04/17/2026 00:30:00    -0.39   -3.16    3.18   187.0    25.1
04/17/2026 01:00:00    -4.37    1.58    4.65   289.9    25.1
04/17/2026 01:30:00    -1.75   -0.12    1.75   266.1    25.1
04/17/2026 02:00:00    -0.95    6.28    6.35   351.4    25.0
04/17/2026 02:30:00     2.10    2.86    3.55    36.3    24.9
04/17/2026 03:00:00    -4.39    1.21    4.55   285.4    24.9
04/17/2026 03:30:00    -4.90    1.57    5.15   287.8    24.9
04/17/2026 04:00:00    -5.50   -0.04    5.50   269.6    24.9
04/17/2026 04:30:00    -5.69    0.38    5.70   273.8    24.8
04/17/2026 05:00:00    -4.29    2.23    4.83   297.5    24.8
04/17/2026 05:30:00    -5.91    1.70    6.15   286.0    24.8
04/17/2026 06:00:00     0.52    1.81    1.88    16.0    24.8
04/17/2026 06:30:00     5.01    3.31    6.00    56.5    24.8
04/17/2026 07:00:00     1.91    4.56    4.94    22.7    25.0
04/17/2026 07:30:00     3.41    0.71    3.48    78.2    25.1
04/17/2026 08:00:00     5.78    1.21    5.91    78.2    25.0
04/17/2026 08:30:00    11.54    5.94   12.98    62.8    24.6
04/17/2026 09:00:00     9.53    5.81   11.16    58.6    24.5
04/17/2026 09:30:00     8.76    7.46   11.51    49.6    24.6
04/17/2026 10:00:00     9.63    6.68   11.72    55.3    24.7
04/17/2026 10:30:00     4.98    3.28    5.96    56.6    24.6
04/17/2026 11:00:00     3.45    2.77    4.42    51.2    24.5
04/17/2026 11:30:00     2.17    3.07    3.76    35.3    24.4
04/17/2026 12:00:00     3.13   -1.66    3.54   117.9    24.4
04/17/2026 12:30:00     1.54    2.65    3.06    30.2    24.4

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/17/2026 00:00:00    25.21   38.36   24.25    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 00:30:00    25.13   38.23   24.20    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:00:00    25.09   38.31   24.27    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:30:00    25.10   38.16   24.16    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:00:00    25.02   38.31   24.31    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:30:00    24.87   38.45   24.49    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:00:00    24.86   38.30   24.39    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:30:00    24.94   38.23   24.30    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:00:00    24.87   38.22   24.33    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:30:00    24.78   38.17   24.34    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 05:00:00    24.83   38.04   24.22    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 05:30:00    24.81   37.81   24.07    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 06:00:00    24.76   37.57   23.92    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 06:30:00    24.77   36.45   23.14    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 07:00:00    24.93   34.71   21.84    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 07:30:00    25.09   35.38   22.23    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 08:00:00    25.04   34.81   21.86    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 08:30:00    24.70   34.73   21.97    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 09:00:00    24.71   36.17   22.97    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 09:30:00    24.68   36.29   23.07    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 10:00:00    24.68   34.32   21.69    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 10:30:00    24.66   34.52   21.84    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 11:00:00    24.53   35.25   22.41    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 11:30:00    24.43   35.83   22.87    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 12:00:00    24.40   36.14   23.11    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 12:30:00    24.35   36.35   23.28    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-17 12:00Z (04-17 07:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-17 09:00Z (04-17 04:00 CDT)
F  2026-04-17 12:00Z (04-17 07:00 CDT)
J  2026-04-17 12:00Z (04-17 07:00 CDT)
R  2026-04-17 12:00Z (04-17 07:00 CDT)
W  2026-04-17 11:30Z (04-17 06:30 CDT)