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    -1.96  -14.01   14.15   188.0    24.4
05/08/2026 00:30:00    -3.07   -9.77   10.24   197.4    24.4
05/08/2026 01:00:00    -4.48  -11.72   12.55   200.9    24.3
05/08/2026 01:30:00    -4.61   -1.73    4.92   249.4    24.3
05/08/2026 02:00:00    -5.77   -1.38    5.93   256.5    24.3
05/08/2026 02:30:00    -7.46   -1.54    7.62   258.3    24.3
05/08/2026 03:00:00    -2.40   -4.24    4.87   209.5    24.3
05/08/2026 03:30:00    -3.14   -1.96    3.70   238.0    24.3
05/08/2026 04:00:00     0.02  -10.79   10.79   179.9    24.3
05/08/2026 04:30:00    -3.34   -6.28    7.11   208.0    24.3
05/08/2026 05:00:00    -4.78   -7.72    9.08   211.8    24.2
05/08/2026 05:30:00    -2.10   -6.11    6.46   199.0    24.2
05/08/2026 06:00:00    -0.02   -2.75    2.75   180.4    24.2
05/08/2026 06:30:00    -0.87   -4.38    4.47   191.2    24.2
05/08/2026 07:00:00    -1.29   -6.62    6.74   191.0    24.1
05/08/2026 07:30:00     2.06   -5.74    6.10   160.3    24.1
05/08/2026 08:00:00     0.21  -12.98   12.98   179.1    24.1

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+


Last Data Reported
B  2026-05-08 04:00Z (05-07 23:00 CDT)
D  2026-05-08 07:30Z (05-08 02:30 CDT)
F  2026-05-08 08:00Z (05-08 03:00 CDT)
J  2026-05-08 08:00Z (05-08 03:00 CDT)
R  2026-05-08 08:00Z (05-08 03:00 CDT)
W  2026-05-08 07:30Z (05-08 02:30 CDT)