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

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


Last Data Reported
B  2026-04-17 08:00Z (04-17 03:00 CDT)
D  2026-04-17 03:30Z (04-16 22:30 CDT)
F  2026-04-17 08:30Z (04-17 03:30 CDT)
J  2026-04-17 08:30Z (04-17 03:30 CDT)
R  2026-04-17 08:30Z (04-17 03:30 CDT)
W  2026-04-17 08:00Z (04-17 03:00 CDT)