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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
08/15/2026 00:00:00    -3.97    5.85    7.07   325.8    29.6
08/15/2026 00:30:00    -0.63    4.69    4.73   352.3    29.5
08/15/2026 01:00:00    -0.64    4.70    4.74   352.2    29.5
08/15/2026 01:30:00    -1.38    1.39    1.96   315.2    29.5
08/15/2026 02:00:00    -6.29    3.84    7.37   301.4    29.4
08/15/2026 02:30:00    -3.92    5.66    6.88   325.3    29.4
08/15/2026 03:00:00    -3.17    4.44    5.46   324.5    29.4
08/15/2026 03:30:00    -1.36    4.34    4.55   342.6    29.4
08/15/2026 04:00:00    -1.55    4.98    5.22   342.7    29.4
08/15/2026 04:30:00    -1.77    6.17    6.42   344.0    29.3
08/15/2026 05:00:00    -1.98    4.37    4.80   335.6    29.3
08/15/2026 05:30:00     0.42    5.24    5.26     4.6    29.3
08/15/2026 06:00:00    -2.03    6.42    6.73   342.5    29.3
08/15/2026 06:30:00    -0.37    7.58    7.59   357.2    29.3
08/15/2026 07:00:00     3.46    3.25    4.75    46.8    29.3
08/15/2026 07:30:00     0.90    5.50    5.57     9.3    29.3
08/15/2026 08:00:00    -0.57    3.23    3.28   350.0    29.3
08/15/2026 08:30:00    -0.89    5.63    5.70   351.0    29.2
08/15/2026 09:00:00    -3.36    2.99    4.50   311.7    29.2
08/15/2026 09:30:00    -4.13    3.95    5.71   313.7    29.2
08/15/2026 10:00:00    -0.93    1.20    1.52   322.2    29.2
08/15/2026 10:30:00    -1.26    3.75    3.96   341.4    29.2
08/15/2026 11:00:00     1.04    5.16    5.26    11.4    29.2
08/15/2026 11:30:00     2.50    1.72    3.03    55.5    29.2
08/15/2026 12:30:00    -0.10   -0.77    0.78   187.4    29.2
08/15/2026 13:00:00    -0.94    1.34    1.64   325.0    29.2
08/15/2026 13:30:00     0.67    2.63    2.71    14.3    29.2
08/15/2026 14:00:00    -0.49    2.26    2.31   347.8    29.2
08/15/2026 14:30:00    -0.98    2.22    2.43   336.2    29.2
08/15/2026 15:00:00    -1.23    1.81    2.19   325.8    29.3
08/15/2026 15:30:00     0.79    1.48    1.68    28.1    29.3
08/15/2026 16:00:00    -0.31    1.54    1.57   348.6    29.4
08/15/2026 16:30:00    -3.12    3.24    4.50   316.1    29.5
08/15/2026 17:00:00    -0.62    3.53    3.58   350.0    29.5
08/15/2026 17:30:00     0.46    7.60    7.61     3.5    29.6
08/15/2026 18:00:00     0.41    8.75    8.76     2.7    29.6
08/15/2026 18:30:00     0.76   10.86   10.89     4.0    29.6
08/15/2026 19:00:00     1.81   10.91   11.06     9.4    29.7
08/15/2026 19:30:00    -6.30    4.00    7.46   302.4    29.7
08/15/2026 20:00:00    -7.52    8.68   11.48   319.1    29.7
08/15/2026 20:30:00    -6.15    8.97   10.88   325.6    29.8
08/15/2026 21:00:00    -8.59    9.06   12.48   316.5    29.8
08/15/2026 21:30:00    -5.71   12.33   13.59   335.2    29.8
08/15/2026 22:00:00    -5.13   12.28   13.31   337.3    29.8
08/15/2026 22:30:00    -6.08   11.98   13.43   333.1    29.7
08/15/2026 23:00:00    -4.12    9.88   10.70   337.4    29.7

Water Property Data

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


Last Data Reported
B  2026-08-15 23:00Z (08-15 18:00 CDT)
D  2026-08-15 23:00Z (08-15 18:00 CDT)
F  2026-08-15 23:00Z (08-15 18:00 CDT)
J  2026-08-15 23:00Z (08-15 18:00 CDT)
R  2026-08-15 23:00Z (08-15 18:00 CDT)
W  2026-08-15 23:00Z (08-15 18:00 CDT)