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 00:30:00    12.01  -12.33   17.21   135.8    23.5
04/17/2026 01:00:00    11.31  -11.24   15.95   134.8    23.6
04/17/2026 01:30:00    10.77  -12.36   16.39   138.9    23.5
04/17/2026 02:00:00    13.31   -8.46   15.77   122.4    23.6
04/17/2026 02:30:00     9.21  -10.25   13.78   138.1    23.9
04/17/2026 03:00:00    12.30   -8.10   14.73   123.4    23.9
04/17/2026 03:30:00     7.86  -10.50   13.12   143.2    23.9
04/17/2026 04:00:00    11.20   -8.48   14.05   127.1    23.7
04/17/2026 04:30:00    11.08   -9.19   14.40   129.7    23.8
04/17/2026 05:00:00     4.28  -14.67   15.28   163.7    23.9
04/17/2026 05:30:00    -1.52  -16.97   17.04   185.1    23.9
04/17/2026 06:00:00     7.80  -14.09   16.10   151.0    23.7
04/17/2026 06:30:00    10.05  -11.59   15.34   139.1    23.5
04/17/2026 07:00:00     9.50   -9.54   13.46   135.1    23.2
04/17/2026 07:30:00     8.74   -6.68   11.00   127.4    23.2
04/17/2026 08:00:00     2.20   -8.86    9.13   166.1    23.3
04/17/2026 08:30:00    11.34   -6.29   12.97   119.0    23.3
04/17/2026 09:00:00     8.70   -4.75    9.91   118.6    23.3
04/17/2026 09:30:00     8.07   -2.41    8.42   106.6    23.2
04/17/2026 10:00:00     7.40   -3.44    8.16   114.9    23.4
04/17/2026 10:30:00     7.39   -4.54    8.67   121.6    23.4
04/17/2026 11:00:00    11.64   -1.34   11.72    96.6    23.4
04/17/2026 11:30:00     7.89   -5.40    9.56   124.4    23.4
04/17/2026 12:00:00     7.86   -6.74   10.35   130.6    23.4
04/17/2026 12:30:00     9.28   -8.65   12.69   133.0    23.4
04/17/2026 13:00:00    11.82   -6.42   13.45   118.5    23.2
04/17/2026 13:30:00    12.48   -5.70   13.72   114.5    23.2
04/17/2026 14:00:00     9.96   -5.98   11.62   121.0    23.2
04/17/2026 14:30:00     9.96   -2.83   10.35   105.9    23.2
04/17/2026 15:00:00     7.61   -4.31    8.75   119.5    23.2
04/17/2026 15:30:00     0.67   -9.62    9.64   176.0    23.3
04/17/2026 16:00:00     3.84   -7.11    8.08   151.6    23.3
04/17/2026 16:30:00    -7.19  -14.21   15.93   206.8    23.4
04/17/2026 17:00:00    -6.55  -12.47   14.09   207.7    23.4
04/17/2026 17:30:00    -7.63  -12.46   14.61   211.5    23.4
04/17/2026 18:00:00    -3.46   -9.05    9.69   200.9    23.4
04/17/2026 18:30:00    -0.77   -4.50    4.57   189.7    23.4
04/17/2026 19:00:00    -0.61  -11.52   11.54   183.0    23.5
04/17/2026 19:30:00    -4.93   -8.83   10.11   209.2    23.5
04/17/2026 20:00:00     1.08   -6.27    6.36   170.2    23.4

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
04/17/2026 00:00:00    23.59   52.15   35.41    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 00:30:00    23.50   52.06   35.41    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:00:00    23.58   52.11   35.39    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 01:30:00    23.46   52.02   35.41    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:00:00    23.60   52.22   35.45    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 02:30:00    23.91   52.62   35.52    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:00:00    23.89   52.75   35.62    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 03:30:00    23.85   52.71   35.62    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:00:00    23.73   52.57   35.62    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 04:30:00    23.81   52.65   35.61    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 05:00:00    23.87   52.79   35.68    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 05:30:00    23.91   52.78   35.63    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 06:00:00    23.73   52.56   35.61    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 06:30:00    23.49   52.16   35.49    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 07:00:00    23.17   51.66   35.37    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 07:30:00    23.24   51.78   35.41    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 08:00:00    23.26   51.83   35.43    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 08:30:00    23.31   51.88   35.43    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 09:00:00    23.23   51.81   35.44    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 09:30:00    23.22   51.77   35.42    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 10:00:00    23.33   51.95   35.46    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 10:30:00    23.38   52.06   35.51    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 11:00:00    23.44   52.13   35.52    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 11:30:00    23.37   52.01   35.48    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 12:00:00    23.38   52.03   35.49    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 12:30:00    23.36   52.04   35.51    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 13:00:00    23.17   51.62   35.34    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 13:30:00    23.17   51.59   35.32    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 14:00:00    23.16   51.57   35.31    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 14:30:00    23.16   51.56   35.30    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 15:00:00    23.21   51.60   35.29    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 15:30:00    23.25   51.63   35.28    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 16:00:00    23.28   51.67   35.29    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 16:30:00    23.35   51.79   35.32    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 17:00:00    23.36   51.77   35.30    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 17:30:00    23.37   51.83   35.35    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 18:00:00    23.40   51.76   35.27    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 18:30:00    23.38   51.78   35.29    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 19:00:00    23.48   51.87   35.28    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 19:30:00    23.45   51.84   35.28    0.00    0.00
04/17/2026 20:00:00    23.43   51.77   35.25    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-17 20:00Z (04-17 15:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-17 09:00Z (04-17 04:00 CDT)
F  2026-04-17 20:00Z (04-17 15:00 CDT)
J  2026-04-17 20:00Z (04-17 15:00 CDT)
R  2026-04-17 20:00Z (04-17 15:00 CDT)
W  2026-04-17 19:30Z (04-17 14:30 CDT)