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)  |
==========+========+========+========+========+======+========+
01/24/2026 00:00:00    16.12  -10.42   19.19   122.9    18.9
01/24/2026 00:30:00    19.13  -11.34   22.24   120.7    18.9
01/24/2026 01:00:00    17.13   -9.13   19.41   118.1    18.9
01/24/2026 01:30:00    18.16  -13.39   22.56   126.4    19.0
01/24/2026 02:00:00    19.41  -12.86   23.28   123.5    19.0
01/24/2026 02:30:00    20.29  -16.45   26.12   129.0    19.0
01/24/2026 03:00:00    19.31  -16.99   25.72   131.3    19.0
01/24/2026 03:30:00    14.43  -20.33   24.93   144.6    19.0
01/24/2026 04:00:00    19.65  -20.23   28.20   135.8    19.0
01/24/2026 04:30:00    19.48  -20.88   28.56   137.0    18.9
01/24/2026 05:00:00    20.23  -13.53   24.34   123.8    18.9
01/24/2026 05:30:00    19.93  -20.21   28.38   135.4    18.9
01/24/2026 06:00:00    20.36  -12.44   23.86   121.4    18.9
01/24/2026 06:30:00    20.23  -15.80   25.67   128.0    18.9
01/24/2026 07:00:00    17.48  -17.62   24.82   135.2    18.9
01/24/2026 07:30:00    19.65  -13.52   23.85   124.5    18.9
01/24/2026 08:00:00    21.40  -13.52   25.31   122.3    18.8
01/24/2026 08:30:00    16.98  -13.37   21.61   128.2    18.8
01/24/2026 09:00:00    14.03  -14.56   20.22   136.1    18.8
01/24/2026 09:30:00    18.50  -10.17   21.11   118.8    18.8
01/24/2026 10:00:00    17.78  -12.44   21.70   125.0    18.7
01/24/2026 10:30:00    17.78  -12.33   21.64   124.7    18.6
01/24/2026 11:00:00    17.06   -4.93   17.76   106.1    18.6
01/24/2026 11:30:00    17.42   -2.85   17.65    99.3    18.6
01/24/2026 12:00:00    17.43   -7.43   18.95   113.1    18.6
01/24/2026 12:30:00    21.67  -13.19   25.37   121.3    18.5
01/24/2026 13:00:00     4.90  -16.85   17.55   163.8    18.5
01/24/2026 13:30:00    -5.13   14.65   15.52   340.7    18.5
01/24/2026 14:00:00     3.11   21.89   22.11     8.1    18.4
01/24/2026 14:30:00    10.43   27.57   29.48    20.7    18.2
01/24/2026 15:00:00     4.66   24.51   24.95    10.8    18.1
01/24/2026 15:30:00    13.31   31.51   34.21    22.9    18.0
01/24/2026 16:00:00    15.36   25.67   29.91    30.9    18.1
01/24/2026 16:30:00    14.06   29.75   32.91    25.3    18.1
01/24/2026 17:00:00    15.64   23.84   28.51    33.3    18.2
01/24/2026 17:30:00    27.23   22.62   35.40    50.3    17.7
01/24/2026 18:00:00    23.68   25.53   34.82    42.8    17.9
01/24/2026 18:30:00    30.19   16.55   34.43    61.3    18.1
01/24/2026 19:00:00    27.19   15.91   31.50    59.7    18.1
01/24/2026 19:30:00    25.77   17.46   31.13    55.9    18.1
01/24/2026 20:00:00    19.79   16.83   25.98    49.6    18.1
01/24/2026 20:30:00    30.58   12.44   33.01    67.9    18.0
01/24/2026 21:00:00    26.90   13.22   29.97    63.8    18.0
01/24/2026 21:30:00    25.54   11.37   27.96    66.0    18.0
01/24/2026 22:00:00    22.94   15.13   27.48    56.6    18.0
01/24/2026 22:30:00    23.73   14.98   28.06    57.7    17.9

Water Property Data

   Date   |  Time  | WaterT |Conduct|  Salt | Chloro  |Crude Oil| Fuel Oil| WaterT  |
          |  (UTC) |  (°C)  |       |       |         |         |         |  (°C)   |
==========+========+========+=======+=======+=========+=========+=========+=========+
01/24/2026 00:00:00    18.93   45.35   33.75    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 00:30:00    18.86   45.24   33.71    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 01:00:00    18.84   45.21   33.71    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 01:30:00    18.98   45.43   33.77    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 02:00:00    19.02   45.48   33.78    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 02:30:00    18.99   45.43   33.77    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 03:00:00    18.97   45.40   33.76    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 03:30:00    18.96   45.37   33.75    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 04:00:00    18.94   45.34   33.73    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 04:30:00    18.92   45.31   33.73    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 05:00:00    18.91   45.29   33.72    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 05:30:00    18.89   45.25   33.70    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 06:00:00    18.88   45.23   33.69    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 06:30:00    18.86   45.20   33.68    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 07:00:00    18.85   45.17   33.67    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 07:30:00    18.83   45.14   33.66    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 08:00:00    18.83   45.13   33.65    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 08:30:00    18.81   45.09   33.63    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 09:00:00    18.78   45.05   33.62    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 09:30:00    18.74   44.96   33.58    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 10:00:00    18.68   44.86   33.55    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 10:30:00    18.61   44.75   33.51    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 11:00:00    18.60   44.74   33.51    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 11:30:00    18.58   44.72   33.51    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 12:00:00    18.54   44.67   33.49    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 12:30:00    18.49   44.57   33.45    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 13:00:00    18.51   44.10   33.05    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 13:30:00    18.53   43.88   32.85    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 14:00:00    18.45   43.77   32.82    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 14:30:00    18.19   43.77   33.03    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 15:00:00    18.12   43.82   33.13    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 15:30:00    18.07   43.74   33.10    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 16:00:00    18.08   43.61   32.98    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 16:30:00    18.07   43.68   33.05    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 17:00:00    18.12   43.93   33.21    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 17:30:00    17.77   43.32   32.98    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 18:00:00    17.83   43.46   33.05    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 18:30:00    18.05   43.75   33.12    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 19:00:00    18.05   43.80   33.16    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 19:30:00    18.09   43.90   33.22    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 20:00:00    18.13   43.98   33.26    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 20:30:00    17.97   43.74   33.18    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 21:00:00    18.02   43.83   33.21    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 21:30:00    17.93   43.67   33.15    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 22:00:00    17.96   43.74   33.18    0.00    0.00
01/24/2026 22:30:00    17.90   43.64   33.15    0.00    0.00


Last Data Reported
B  Not in Service
D  2026-01-24 22:00Z (01-24 16:00 CST)
F  2026-01-24 23:00Z (01-24 17:00 CST)
J  2026-01-24 20:30Z (01-24 14:30 CST)
R  2026-01-24 20:00Z (01-24 14:00 CST)
W  2026-01-24 22:30Z (01-24 16:30 CST)